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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%.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|title=Incidence rate of first-time symptomatic urinary tract infection in children under 6 years of age
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|journal=Acta Paediatr
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|date=1998-05
|volume=87
|issue=5
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|pages=549-52
|url=https://www.cirp.org/library/disease/UTI/marild3/
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|pubmedID=9641738
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|DOI=10.1080/08035259850158272
|accessdate=2024-03-28
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== Circumcision death ==