(HealthDay News) — U.S. neonatal male circumcision (NMC) rates declined nearly 5 percent in the 10 years following the American Academy of Pediatrics statement supporting the practice, according to a study published online Sept. 15 in JAMA Pediatrics. The analysis included more than 1.5 million discharges of male neonates (aged 0 to 28 days) annually identified from the 2012 to 2022 Kids’ Inpatient Database. Over time, White neonates had a significant decline (prevalence difference [PD], −5.3 percent), while prevalence among Black and Hispanic neonates remained stable. Neonates from the highest-income ZIP codes and those with private insurance had the highest NMC prevalence but experienced the largest declines. All census regions experienced significant declines in NMC prevalence rates, with the Midwest maintaining the highest prevalence (68.5 percent) in 2022 and the West maintaining the lowest (19.7 percent).