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Circumcision practices in Canada

 Select statistical measure:
   Date range:
  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
  proportion of male infants circumcised (%)
Canada 16.9 15.8 15.3 14.6 13.9
Newfoundland and
Labrador
0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0
Prince Edward Island 36.3 39.6 34.9 37.3 29.5
Nova Scotia 2.1 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.1
New Brunswick 17.6 18.7 17.4 18.5 14.9
Quebec 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.2
Ontario 21.2 18.8 17.7 16.8 16.0
Manitoba 26.6 25.6 26.3 25.5 *25.0
Saskatchewan 28.7 28.3 26.3 25.2 16.7
Alberta 21.4 20.9 20.4 19.2 20.1
British Columbia *20.0 *20.0 *20.0 *20.0 *20.0
Yukon 12.5 10.2 9.9 7.4 9.9
Northwest Territories 16.6 15.5 13.4 15.1 8.6
Nunavut 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
For fiscal years ended March 31.
* Estimated.
Source: Provincial and territorial ministries of health, Statistics Canada.