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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
|title=Circumcision of Infant Males
|url=https://www.racp.edu.au//docs/default-source/advocacy-library/circumcision-of-infant-males.pdf?sfvrsn=eaa32f1a_10
}}</ref> or direct oral suction of the wounded child's penis, has been mounting recently, but parents who are asked about details surrounding their children's deaths, who performed their child's circumcisions, whether or not metzitzah b'peh was performed, etc., are often not forthcoming to protect the reputation of the ritual circumcisers in their community.
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
}}</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
Bollinger (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">{{BollingerD 2010}}</ref>
==Infant mortality==The [[United States]], in addition to having the world's highest incidence of non-therapeutic, non-religious [[circumcision]], also has the highest rate of infant mortality. The relationship is unclear. A correlation exists but does not prove cause and effect.<ref>{{REFjournal |last= MacDorman, |init=Marian F. |author-link= |last2=Matthews |init2=TJ |author2-link= |url=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_05.pdf |title=International Comparisons of Infant Mortality andRelated Factors: United States and Europe, 2010 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |date=2014-09-25 |volume=63 |issue=5 |pages=1-7 |accessdate= 2022-09-12}}</ref>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Anonymous case reports]]
|date=2016
|accessdate=2022-01-15
}}
* {{REFweb
|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-23378694
|title=When circumcision can mean death in South Africa
|last=Nomsa
|first=Maseko
|init=
|publisher=BBC
|date=2013-07-19
|accessdate=2024-05
}}