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English: Global map of male circumcision prevalence at country level, as of December 2006.
Português: Mapa global da prevalência da circuncisão masculina a nível nacional, de Dezembro de 2006.
Date
Source
The World Health Organization report of 14 December 2007. Male circumcision: global trends and determinants of prevalence, safety and acceptability. This report is the result of collaborative work between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Based on:
13. Demographic and health surveys. MEASURE DHS, 2006 (http://www.measuredhs.com, accessed 21 September 2006).
53. Drain PK et al. Male circumcision, religion and infectious diseases: an ecologic analysis of 118 developing countries. BMC Infect Dis, 2006, 6(1):172.
54. Williams BG et al. The potential impact of male circumcision on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS Med, 2006, 3(7):262.
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Estimation of number of males aged 15 years or older circumcised for non-religious reasons, by country.
Country
Male population aged 15 years or older
Number (millions)
Not Muslim or Jewish
Percent of population (55)
Number (millions)
Percent circumcised (13, 53, 54)
Number circumcised (millions)
Angola
3.44
99.00%
3.4
90.00%
3.1
Australia
8.05
98.50%
7.9
59.00%
4.7
Canada
11.79
96.90%
11.4
30.00%
3.4
Dem. Rep. of Congo
16.23
90.00%
14.6
90.00%
13.1
Ethiopia
20.92
55.00%
11.5
92.00%
10.6
Ghana
5.61
84.40%
4.7
85.00%
4
Indonesia
84.98
12.00%
10.2
25.00%
2.5
Kenya
9.99
93.00%
9.3
83.00%
7.7
Madagascar
4.24
90.00%
3.8
98.00%
3.7
Mexico
80
99.0%
79.2
28.00%
22.4
Nigeria
35.23
50.00%
17.6
90.00%
15.9
Philippines
28.75
95.00%
27.3
90.00%
24.6
Republic of Korea
19.71
100.00%
19.7
60.00%
11.8
South Africa
14.87
98.50%
14.6
35.00%
5.1
Uganda
6.94
85.00%
5.9
14.00%
0.8
United Kingdom
24.22
97.30%
23.6
6.00%
1.4
United Republic of Tanzania
9.84
65.00%
6.4
58.00%
3.7
United States of America
115.56
98.00%
113.2
75.00%
84.9
Table 2
Proportion of males aged 15 years or older circumcised globally.
Prevalence of circumcision
Number circumcised (millions)
Proportion of those circumcised globally
Religious circumcision
Muslim men
100%
455
68.80%
Jewish men
100%
5.3
0.80%
Non-religious circumcision
United States of America
75%
84.9
12.80%
Other countriesa
61%
116.3
17.60%
Global total
30%
661.5
100%
a Includes countries listed in Table 1. If 5% of men in other countries are assumed to be circumcised for non-religious reasons, the global prevalence of circumcision is 33%.
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