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== 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.<ref name="gellis1978">{{REFjournal
|last=Cellis
|first=Sidney S.
|DOI=10.1001/archpedi.1978.02120370016003
|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 |author-link= |etal=no |title=Newborn male circumcision: needless and dangerous |trans-title= |language= |journal=Sexual Medicine Today |location= |date=1979-11 |volume=3 |issue=11 |pages=135-6 |url=http://www.cirp.org/library/general/baker1/ |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID= |DOI= |accessdate=2020-02-02}}</ref>
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