我国男性绝育术已开展30多年,庞大的受术人群高居各国之首。然而,男性绝育术在国内各地开展程度并非一致,各省和地区之间差异极大。其中以新疆为代表的西北各省区更是明显低于南方诸省,这些地区民族生活习惯、宗教影响是否是造成上述差异的原因,迄今尚未见到文献报道。本文通过1992年12月～1993年1月对新疆少数民族聚居地区人群的一项调查,力求了解当地男性居民对输精管绝 China’s male sterilization has been carried out for more than 30 years, a large population of patients by surgery highest in all countries. However, the level of male sterilization is not uniform across the country, with disparities across provinces and territories. Among them, the provinces and autonomous regions in the northwestern China represented by Xinjiang are significantly lower than those in the southern provinces. Whether ethnic customs and religious influences in these areas are the cause of the above differences have not been reported in the literature so far. In this paper, from December 1992 to January 1993 on a survey of people inhabited by ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, and strive to understand the local male residents of the vas deferens