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[[Circumcision ]] of male infants invariably is a non-beneficial, non-therapeutic [[amputation]] of a functional structure. It does not treat disease because none is present, nor does it improve health.<ref name="racp2010">{{REFdocument

One of the risks of [[circumcision]] in either sex, at any age, is '''death'''. It is difficult to obtain accurate estimates of the deaths caused by circumcision because hospitals are not required to release this data, doctors often purposefully attribute the death to a secondary cause, such as "hemorrhaging," or "septic [[shock]]," and oftentimes, parents who are complicit agree to keep silent about the surrounding of their child's death.

Parents of children who were [[circumcised ]] in the secular setting of the hospital may also agree to repeat whatever their doctor told them to protect both the reputation of the doctor involved, and to keep their conscience free of the fact that they gave their consent to the procedure. ==Surveys of deaths==Baker (1979) estimated 229 annual deaths from circumcision in the [[United States]].<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Baker |first=Robert L. |init= |author-link= |etal=no |title=Newborn male circumcision: needless and dangerous |trans-title= |language= |journal=Sexual Medicine Today |location= |date=1979 |season= |volume=3 |issue=11 |article= |page= |pages=35-6 |url= |archived= |quote=And let us tell parents that it is not the thing to do unless there is a specific indication. |accessdate=2022-07-15}}</ref> Earp et al. (2018) collected data on 9,833,110 boys who had been neonatally circumcised between 2001 to 2010 in the [[United States]]. The authors found that one death occurs for every 49,166 circumcisions.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Earp |first=Brian D. |init= |author-link=Brian D. Earp |last2=Alareddy |first2=Veerajalandhar |init2= |author2-link= |last3=Alareddy |first3=Veerasathpurush |init3= |author3-link= |last4=Rotta |first4=Alexandre T. |init4= |author4-link=Alexandre Rotta |etal=no |title=Factors Associated With Early Deaths Following Neonatal Male Circumcision in the United States, 2001 to 2010 |trans-title= |language= |journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila) |location= |date=2018-11 |volume=57 |issue=13 |article= |page= |pages=1532-40 |url= |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=30066572 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1177/0009922818790060 |accessdate=2022-02-11}}</ref> Schröder et al. (2021) reviewed the experience of the [https://www.sickkids.ca Hospital for Sick Children] in Toronto with regard to circumcision-related emergency admissions between 2000 and 2013. They found that 19 previously healthy neonates had emergency admissions for circumcision complications. The records of patients who had died were searched to identify those who had been [[circumcised]]. Four of the boys had post-circumcision [[bleeding]]. Four of the boys had [[glans]] amputations. Two previously healthy boys died.<ref name="shroder2021">{{REFjournal |last=Schröder |first=Annette |init= |author-link= |last2=Farhat |first2=Walid A. |init2= |author2-link= |last3=Chiasson |first3=David |init3= |author3-link= |last4=Wilson |first4=Gregory J. |init4= |author4-link= |last5=Koyle |first5=Martin A. |init5= |author5-link= |etal=no |title=Serious and Fatal Complications after Neonatal Circumcision |trans-title= |language= |journal=Eur Urol |location= |date=2021-12-12 |volume=29 |issue= |article= |page= |pages=S2405-4569(21)00316-3 |url=https://www.eu-focus.europeanurology.com/article/S2405-4569(21)00316-3/fulltext |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=34973956 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1016/j.euf.2021.12.005 |accessdate=2022-01-26}}</ref> Based on the data provided, the estimated death rate is one dead boy for every 84,000 circumcisions.

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