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→Ritual circumcision in Israel and urinary tract infection: Add text and citations.
Prais et al. (2009) reported that a boy is 2.8 times more likely to get a [[UTI]] when [[circumcised]] by a [[mohel]] as compared to when circumcised by a physician.<ref name="prais2009" />
The urethra of girls is shorter than that of boys, so it is normal for girls to have more urinary tract infections than boys. Marild & Jodal (1998), working in Sweden, reported an incidence of UTI in girls of 6.6% in the first six years of life, while boys had an incidence of 1.8%.<refname="marild1998">{{REFjournal
|last=Marild
|first=
|DOI=10.1080/08035259850158272
|accessdate=2024-03-28
}}</ref> However, in Israel, with respect to Jewish boys, the situation is reversed with more UTI in boys as compared with girls. Toker et al. (2010) reported an incidence of UTI in Jewish boys of 24.7% as compared to girls with 8.4%.<ref name="toker2010" />
== Circumcision death ==