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In the Midwest, the incidence of [[circumcision]] has declined to 75 percent, which translates to a [[genital integrity]] rate increase to 25 percent or 1 in 4 boys having an [[intact]] foreskin.<ref name="jacobson2021" /> The previous report from 2010 was one boy in five being intact,<ref name="bollinger2017" /> and before that it was 1 in 10 boys being [[intact]], so this in an increase of 250 percent (0.25/0.10 X 100 = 250%) in the rate of [[Intact| intactness]] for the Midwest. The still high incidence of circumcision in the Midwest is counterbalanced by the low incidence in the West.
=== Intact Intactness is the new norm ===
[[Intact America]] argues that public opinion regarding non-therapeutic [[circumcision]] called attention to the existence of children is approaching or at a "tipping point" at which [[intact]] genitals , when public opinion would be preferred over the shift toward [[circumcisedintactness]] varietyin 2016.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://intactamerica.org/publicdo-you-know-opinionabout-onthe-circumcisiontipping-point/ |title=Public Opinion on CircumcisionDo You Know: Can Intactivists Hit A Tipping About the “Tipping Point?
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|date=20242016-0311-2301 |accessdate=2024-0406-0903}}</ref> Public opinion in the United States in 2024 has now reached that tipping point.
The percentage of American boys being [[circumcised]] has been slowly declining for a long time, while the number of boys with [[intact]] [[foreskin]] has correspondingly increased.<ref name="jacobson2021" /> The percentage of [[intact]] newborn boys now exceeds the percentage of [[circumcised]] newborn boys.
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