Male circumcision rates (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Male circumcision rates

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In a research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics, a team from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that rates for neonatal male circumcision in the United States dropped significantly from 2012-2022, in spite of scientific evidence supporting the procedure’s health benefits.

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Graphic created by M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine

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