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'''Circumcision prevalence''' in the percentage of males of all ages in the population who are circumcised. Circumcision incidence is the percentage of males (mostly newborn) who are currently being circumcised at any given time.

== The United States of America ==

According to Wallerstein, the rate of male circumcision in the U.S. may have been around 10% in 1880, when it was just beginning to become legitimized as a medical procedure, and grew in popularity steadily until it's peak in the 1980's.<ref>Wallerstein, Edward. Circumcision: An American Health Fallacy. Springer, New York. 1980. pp. 217</ref> According to the American Medical Association's most recent major document on medical circumcision, the "Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs", created by their "Council on Science and Public Health" in 1999, the prevalence of circumcision in the United States increased from about 30% in the 1930s to nearly 80% by the early 1970s".<ref>"Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (I-99): Neonatal Circumcision". American Medical Association Official Website. ~~http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/no~~-~~index/about~~-~~ama/13585.shtml. Accessed May 4, 2011~~.</ref> Current reports estimate the rate of adult circumcised American men at approximately 80%.<ref>{{REFnews

According to Wallerstein (1980), the rate of male [[circumcision]]in the U.S. may have been around 10% in 1880, when it was just beginning to become legitimized as a medical procedure, and grew in popularity steadily until it's peak in the 1980's.<ref name="wallerstein1980">Wallerstein, Edward. ''Circumcision: An American Health Fallacy''. Springer, New York. 1980. pp. 217</ref>

According to the American Medical Association's most recent major document on medical circumcision, the "Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs", created by their "Council on Science and Public Health" in 1999, the prevalence of circumcision in the United States increased from about 30% in the 1930s to nearly 80% by the early 1970s".<ref>"[http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/ama2000/ Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (I-99): Neonatal Circumcision]". American Medical Association Official Website. Accessed 2020-06-20.</ref> Current reports estimate the rate of adult circumcised American men at approximately 80%.<ref>{{REFnews

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+'''Circumcision prevalence''' in the percentage of males of all ages in the population who are circumcised. Circumcision incidence is the percentage of males (mostly newborn) who are currently being circumcised at any given time.
 == The United States of America ==
-According to Wallerstein, the rate of male circumcision in the U.S. may have been around 10% in 1880, when it was just beginning to become legitimized as a medical procedure, and grew in popularity steadily until it's peak in the 1980's.<ref>Wallerstein, Edward. Circumcision: An American Health Fallacy. Springer, New York. 1980. pp. 217</ref> According to the American Medical Association's most recent major document on medical circumcision, the "Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs", created by their "Council on Science and Public Health" in 1999, the prevalence of circumcision in the United States increased from about 30% in the 1930s to nearly 80% by the early 1970s".<ref>"Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (I-99): Neonatal Circumcision". American Medical Association Official Website. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/no-index/about-ama/13585.shtml. Accessed May 4, 2011.</ref> Current reports estimate the rate of adult circumcised American men at approximately 80%.<ref>{{REFnews
+According to Wallerstein (1980), the rate of male [[circumcision]]in the U.S. may have been around 10% in 1880, when it was just beginning to become legitimized as a medical procedure, and grew in popularity steadily until it's peak in the 1980's.<ref name="wallerstein1980">Wallerstein, Edward. ''Circumcision: An American Health Fallacy''. Springer, New York. 1980. pp. 217</ref>
+According to the American Medical Association's most recent major document on medical circumcision, the "Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs", created by their "Council on Science and Public Health" in 1999, the prevalence of circumcision in the United States increased from about 30% in the 1930s to nearly 80% by the early 1970s".<ref>"[http://www.cirp.org/library/statements/ama2000/ Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs (I-99): Neonatal Circumcision]". American Medical Association Official Website. Accessed 2020-06-20.</ref> Current reports estimate the rate of adult circumcised American men at approximately 80%.<ref>{{REFnews
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