HYATTSVILLE, Md., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Circumcision of babies in the United States declined 6 percentage points from 64.5 percent to 58.3 percent from 1979 to 2010, federal officials say.
The study, conducted by Maria Owings, Dr. Sayeedha Uddin and Sonja Williams of the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found the rates fluctuated -- generally declining during the 1980s, rising in the 1990s and declining again in the early years of the 21st century.