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I'm just going to copy and paste it from my email. I did not do the number crunching. That credit goes to someone else.
""I very quickly crunched some of the numbers and it looks
like the 2003 circumcision rate was 55.9%!!! That is down from 60.1%
in 2002, a change of 4.2%! This is the biggest percent change in 10
years and obviously the lowest circumcision rate in 50 years
according to the NHDS.
2003 CHANGE (2002)
Circumcised 55.9% -4.2% 60.1%
Intact 44.1% 4.2% 39.9%
The circumcision rates dropped in all 4 US regions:
2003
REGION---- CIRC'D CHANGE (2002)
NE Region 64.7% -4.2% 68.9%
MW Region 77.8% -3.2% 81.0%
S Region 57.8% -6.2% 64.0%
W Region 31.4% -1.2% 32.6%
Rates dropped among both whites and blacks
2003
RACE-- CIRC'D CHANGE (2002)
White 58.0% -6.0% 64.0%
Black 62.4% -7.4% 69.8%""
""Just to give a little perspective, the 4.2% drop means that about
85,000 fewer babies were circumcised in 2003.""
""The
circumcision rates listed on the CDC's website ONLY lists infant
circumcisions from the black and white ethnic groups even though it
says "All Races". This artifically raised the numbers by about 4
percent.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/product.....cumcisions/circ
umcisions.htm
""
www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/m.../hdasd/nhds.htm ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_S...stics/NCHS/Datasets/NHDS/
ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_S...stics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NH
DS/
""I very quickly crunched some of the numbers and it looks
like the 2003 circumcision rate was 55.9%!!! That is down from 60.1%
in 2002, a change of 4.2%! This is the biggest percent change in 10
years and obviously the lowest circumcision rate in 50 years
according to the NHDS.
2003 CHANGE (2002)
Circumcised 55.9% -4.2% 60.1%
Intact 44.1% 4.2% 39.9%
The circumcision rates dropped in all 4 US regions:
2003
REGION---- CIRC'D CHANGE (2002)
NE Region 64.7% -4.2% 68.9%
MW Region 77.8% -3.2% 81.0%
S Region 57.8% -6.2% 64.0%
W Region 31.4% -1.2% 32.6%
Rates dropped among both whites and blacks
2003
RACE-- CIRC'D CHANGE (2002)
White 58.0% -6.0% 64.0%
Black 62.4% -7.4% 69.8%""
""Just to give a little perspective, the 4.2% drop means that about
85,000 fewer babies were circumcised in 2003.""
""The
circumcision rates listed on the CDC's website ONLY lists infant
circumcisions from the black and white ethnic groups even though it
says "All Races". This artifically raised the numbers by about 4
percent.
www.cdc.gov/nchs/product.....cumcisions/circ
umcisions.htm
""
www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/m.../hdasd/nhds.htm ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_S...stics/NCHS/Datasets/NHDS/
ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_S...stics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NH
DS/
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Nearly Half of American Boys Escape the Knife
Tue, March 15, 2005 - 9:52 AMwww.emediawire.com/releases...17505.htm
Today’s Parents Say “No” to Circumcision, according to Federal statistics just released, says international human rights group.
(PRWEB) March 14, 2005 -- The U.S. circumcision rate declined 11.4% over two years, according to figures just released by the National Center for Health Statistics, from 63.1% in 2001 to 55.9% in 2003, following a steady, twenty-five year decline. At this rate, in just 12 years, the US will join other English-speaking countries in abandoning circumcision.
Medicalized, mass circumcision of infants is a uniquely English-speaking phenomenon. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom formerly circumcised the majority of infant boys, but have either abandoned the practice, or reduced the rate to about 1 in 10. The United States medical community stands alone is profiting from a non-therapeutic, unnecessary procedure performed on non-consenting minors.
The largest decline was in western states where the rate dropped 23%; and seven out of ten boys remained genitally intact.
In 2003, 45% of American newborn males left the hospital intact, up from 37% in 2001.
Since 1996, it has been illegal to circumcise girls in the US, but thousands are still at risk every year. The law itself is legally questionable because it lacks equal protection, which the Constitution makes mandatory.
database at: www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/m...dasd/nhds.htm
