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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]but more than a 100 will experience phimosis and need to be circumcised, bet those more than a 100 parents really wish they circumcised in infancy. Actually, it’s about 0.6% of all uncircumcised males that will require surgery in later life.[/quote]

Phimosis  hardly compares to a risk of death or genital loss. [/quote]

Risk of death from bleeding only happens in babies with underlying blood clotting conditions.How many cases of genital loss have you heard of in this century in the US?[/quote]

The risk of infant death from circumcision is about the same as from SIDS. We do all sorts of inconvenient things to prevent SIDS death. But yet so many choose voluntary surgery on their child’s genitals for minor/questionable health benefits while downplaying the risks. [/quote]

Bananas , hahahahaha made up stats. No you are more likely to die of uncirc diseases moron because the risks for circs are so low it's not measurable[/quote]

PP here who thinks they’re somewhat comparable.

This suggests maybe 1 death in every 49,166 circumcisions. https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/142/1_MeetingAbstract/224
Pretty low risk.  Not sure causation is proved, but seems like some type of estimate to go by.  Healthy infants probably have much less risk, but you don’t always know what issues your newborn has 24 hours after he’s born.

NPR estimated risk of SIDS death for a healthy infant at 1 in 46,000. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/21/601289695/is-sleeping-with-your-baby-as-dangerous-as-doctors-say.

I would guess risk of death from rock and play, which was recalled as unsafe with 4.7 million sold and around 30 deaths. Rough estimate would be maybe 1 death per every 150,000 rock n plays, probably less if kid is buckled in and not rolling yet). https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-life-and-death-of-a-wildly-popular-baby-sleeper. Seems pretty low risk comparatively.

How many other things do we work hard to avoid because of low risks to our babies? And yet circumcision presents a low risk with questionable benefits and we don’t avoid that.

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