Delicate decision (male infant circumcision)

Article from the LA Times published March 31, 2008. The news article reports various facts:

• Penile cancer affects only 1 in 100,000 men
• In the first year of life, 1 in 100 uncircumcised boys will develop a urinary tract infection. Only 1 in 1,000 circumcised boys will. "While that's a tenfold reduction, you have to keep in mind that the risk was only 1% to begin with," says Dr. Andrew Freedman, pediatric urologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Proper hygiene can prevent most infections.
• In 1965, 85% of boys born in the United States were circumcised
• as of 2005, 56% of newborn boys were circumcised, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• 75% of boys born in the Midwest were circumcised, 65% in the Northeast, 56% in the South and only 31% in the West
• Worldwide, only 25% of males are circumcised, and that is mostly for religious or cultural reasons.