Vasectomy Rates On The Rise In Australia

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Australian men are embracing vasectomies according to Medicare data analysed by Marie Stopes Australia for World Vasectomy Day.

Marie Stopes Australia conducted an audit of the available Medicare data on vasectomy from the last 20 years and found that more men are getting on board with the snip.

Marie Stopes Australia’s Lead Vasectomist, Dr Justin Low, said the trend was genuinely uplifting, given the procedure is more than 99% effective at preventing pregnancies.

“Roughly half of all pregnancies in Australia are unplanned which means, as a nation, we need to get better at contraception.” Dr Low says.

“While, nationally, our rate is still lower than some other developed countries there has been a steady increase in vasectomy numbers in Australia of around 4% every year since 2014. Women usually carry the load for contraceptive responsibility throughout a couple’s reproductive life partly because of very limited male contraception options. So it’s great to see men stepping up to take responsibility for family planning once no more kids are desired.”

According to the 2015 United Nations Report on contraception trends, the countries with the highest vasectomy uptake are Canada (22%), United Kingdom (21%) and New Zealand (19.5%). Australia lags behind the United States (11%) with just under 10% of men choosing to have a vasectomy.

A Facebook survey conducted by Marie Stopes Australia shows that many Aussie men have a high level of literacy when it comes to vasectomy, understanding both what the procedure involves as well as its benefits as a contraception option.

“We know that a lot of Aussie men understand the procedure, and a lot of those old myths about a vasectomy somehow affecting your manhood are thankfully on the way out,” Dr Low says.

“Men used to think that it would ruin their sex drive or make them less masculine. Research from Frankfurt University actually showed that men who had a vasectomy reported having higher sex drives, better erections and better orgasms (not to mention their female partners reported higher sexual arousal towards them).”

World Vasectomy Day is 14 November and aims to increase awareness and uptake of vasectomy as a family planning method.

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November 12, 2018/by Reland Pigte

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