More Aussie men choosing vasectomies as cost-of-living pressures rise

Australian men are choosing vasectomies in record numbers, with new Adelaide University research revealing a sustained national increase alongside rising cost-of-living pressures and declining birth rates.

In the first-of-its-kind study, now posted to the medRxiv preprint server, researchers found that the number of vasectomies performed on men ages 18–44 each year increased by more than 60%, rising from 18,544 procedures in 2016 to 29,848 in 2024. ...