Girls/women are not the only ones that suffer medical problems and death from circumcision rituals.  According to an Austrialian news story, several boys have died in South America this year:

THIRTY-ONE teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region.

"Since the beginning of June, two deaths are being recorded almost every day," regional health spokesman Sizwe Kupelo said.

"This is a grim situation that we deal with every year, the health department has rescued hundreds of boys from schools run by unscrupulous surgeons," he said.

Health authorities say the main causes of death, which have been concentrated in the rural Transkei area, are dehydration, hypothermia and excessive bleeding and that most boys only seek medical attention when it is too late.
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