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The 2012 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statement on neonatal circumcision notes the procedure's health benefits and recommends that it be covered by health insurance (NEJM JW Pediatr Adolesc Med Sep 19 2012). A 2013 CDC report based on National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data estimated a small increase (from 79% to 81%) in the prevalence of circumcised males aged 14 to 59 years between the periods 1999–2004 and 2005–2010. Researchers compared these data with prevalence based on national hospital discharge data, using a correction factor for unrecorded circumcisions performed after discharge. According to their calculations, circumcision prevalence decreased slightly from 83% in the 1960s to 77% in 2010.
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