Section 21. Australia of article Prevalence of circumcision:

The Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships is a computer assisted telephone interview of males aged 16–64 that uses a nationally representative population sample. In 2005 the interview found that the prevalence of circumcision in Australia was roughy 58%. Circumcision status was more common with males over 30 than males under 30, and more common with males who were born in Australia. 66% of males born in Australia were circumcised and less than 1/3 of males under 30 were circumcised. There has been a decline in the rate of infant circumcision in Australia that could be attributed to rising health care costs and rising concerns about the procedure. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the infant circumcision rate in Australia was 12.9% as of 2003. However, rates in the states varied, with highest rates in Queensland (19.3%), New South Wales (16.3%) and South Australia (14.3%), and the lowest in Tasmania (1.6%). In New South Wales, rates have risen from 13% in 1999 to 18% in 2009. In Victoria, according to the Herald Sun, the prevalence of 2010 circumcisions indicated that rates have risen but no information was provided about the rates prior to the rise. In 2011 Circumcision Information Australia found that there was a neonatal circumcision rate of 14.1% in Western Australia, 5.6% in the Northern Territory, 14.1% in Queensland, 19.1% in New South Wales, 10.3% in Victoria, 2.4% in Tasmania, 16.2% in South Australia, and 8.7% in the Australian Capital Territory. The national neonatal circumcision rate was 14.0%, which is slightly higher than the rate of neonatal circumcision being performed in 2003. Non-therapeutic infant circumcision is no longer provided in public hospitals in New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria or South Australia. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) estimated in 2010 that 10 to 20 percent of newborn boys are being circumcised.

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