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Circumcision prevalence

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== The United States of America ==
According to Wallerstein (1980), the incidence 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. {{WallersteinE 1980. pp. 217}}</ref> Laumann ''et al''. (1996) reported data from the National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS), which was conducted in 1992. 1511 men aged 18 to 59 years old were studied. They were born between 1932 and 1974. Laumann reported finding that 77 percent of men born in the US were circumcised as compared with 42 percent of US-born men. Laumann et al. commented, "[t]he United States stands apart from the rest of the world for its high rates of neonatal circumcision.<ref>{{REFjournal
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