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'''Incidence of circumcision''' is the percentage of newborn boys who currently are being [[circumcised]]. | '''Incidence of circumcision''' is the percentage of newborn boys who currently are being [[circumcised]]. | ||
====Long-term declining trend==== | ====Long-term declining trend==== | ||
The incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal [[circumcision]] hit its peak at 85-90 percent in | The incidence of non-therapeutic neonatal [[circumcision]] hit its peak at 85-90 percent in 1965.<ref name="laumann1997>{{REFjournal | ||
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|title=Circumcision in the United States. Prevalence, prophylactic effects, and sexual practice | |||
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|journal=JAMA | |||
|date=1997-04-02 | |||
|volume=277 | |||
|issue=13 | |||
|pages=1052-7 | |||
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/general/laumann/ | |||
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|accessdate=2025-09-23 | |||
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}}</ref> It has been slowly declining ever since. | |||
Peter Moore (2015) reported that the incidence of circumcision was 55 percent.<ref name="moore2015"/> | Peter Moore (2015) reported that the incidence of circumcision was 55 percent.<ref name="moore2015"/> | ||