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== Estimations of death due to male infant circumcision ==
== Estimations of death due to male infant circumcision ==


Gellis (1978) estimated that there are more deaths each year from non-therapeutic circumcision of children than from cancer of the penis.{{REFjournal
Gellis (1978) estimated that there are more deaths each year from non-therapeutic circumcision of children than from cancer of the penis.<ref name="gellis1978">{{REFjournal
  |last=Cellis
  |last=Cellis
  |first=Sidney S.
  |first=Sidney S.
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  |DOI=10.1001/archpedi.1978.02120370016003
  |DOI=10.1001/archpedi.1978.02120370016003
  |accessdate=2020-02-02
  |accessdate=2020-02-02
}}
}}</ref> Baker (1979) estimated 229 deaths per year in the United States caused by non-therapeutic male infant circumcision.<ref name="baker1979">{{REFjournal
|last=Baker
|first=Robert Leon
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|title=Newborn male circumcision: needless and dangerous
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|journal=Sexual Medicine Today
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|date=1979-11
|volume=3
|issue=11
|pages=135-6
|url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/baker1/
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|pubmedCID=
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|accessdate=2020-02-02
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A study in 2010 estimated approximately 117 neonatal circumcision-related deaths occur annually in the United States, about one out of every 77 male neonatal deaths, more than suffocation, auto accidents, or even SIDS.<ref name="bollinger2010">{{REFjournal
A study in 2010 estimated approximately 117 neonatal circumcision-related deaths occur annually in the United States, about one out of every 77 male neonatal deaths, more than suffocation, auto accidents, or even SIDS.<ref name="bollinger2010">{{REFjournal