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Before clicking on the link I assumed circumcision actually. Basically half the population has got it done :D (I know that the rate has lowered over the last y
by runxel 1y ago
Before clicking on the link I assumed circumcision actually. Basically half the population has got it done :D
(I know that the rate has lowered over the last years, but USA still has what... 85+% ? Even higher in South Korea e.g.)
- onychomys 1y agoI was thinking maybe wisdom teeth extraction.
- Night_Thastus 1y agoCommon, but a lot of people never get it. Either they didn't grow wisdom teeth at all, or they aren't pressing into the rest of the teeth in a way to cause a problem, or they lack dental insurance. It's one of those super low-priority surgeries for most people. I'm very glad I got it done myself, though!
- madcaptenor 1y agoAlso that would come from a different data source, since it's a surgery done on luxury bones as opposed to regular bones.
- OkayPhysicist 1y agoIt's falling pretty quickly, down to about ~60% of male infants as of 2022. General prevalence is higher (because that's how decreasing rates work), somewhere around 80%, but I'd suspect it's highly regional.
- madcaptenor 1y agoThat's another good guess - whatever you think about it it's the surgery that's probably closest to being "routine".
- bregma 1y agoIf you wait a little it will go down on its own.