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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' (SIDS) or cot death remains the leading cause of infant death in many developed countries. There are around 2,700 babies who die from cot death every year in the US – and around 300 in the UK.<ref name="MedicalXpress 2019">{{REFweb
|url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-neonatal-circumcision-sudden-infant-death.html
|title=Neonatal circumcision could increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in babies – new research
|first=Eran
|last=Elhaik
|publisher=MedicalXpress
|date=2019-01-11
|accessdate=2020-07-02
}}</ref>
Cot death occurs when a seemingly healthy infant – under 12 months of age – dies in their sleep with no cause of death established in a post-mortem investigation. Although many risk factors are known to increase the risk of cot death – such as maternal smoking and bed sharing – nobody is exactly sure why it happens.<ref name="MedicalXpress 2019"/>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision_risks#Post-operative_risks_.28A-Z.29|Circumcision risks: Post-operative risks A-Z]]
{{REF}}
|url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-01-neonatal-circumcision-sudden-infant-death.html
|title=Neonatal circumcision could increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in babies – new research
|first=Eran
|last=Elhaik
|publisher=MedicalXpress
|date=2019-01-11
|accessdate=2020-07-02
}}</ref>
Cot death occurs when a seemingly healthy infant – under 12 months of age – dies in their sleep with no cause of death established in a post-mortem investigation. Although many risk factors are known to increase the risk of cot death – such as maternal smoking and bed sharing – nobody is exactly sure why it happens.<ref name="MedicalXpress 2019"/>
{{SEEALSO}}
* [[Circumcision_risks#Post-operative_risks_.28A-Z.29|Circumcision risks: Post-operative risks A-Z]]
{{REF}}