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| Keywords: Global Map of Male Circumcision Prevalence at Country Level.png map Global map of male circumcision prevalence at country level as of December 2006 Mapa global da prevalência da circuncisão masculina a nível nacional de Dezembro de 2006 The World Health Organization http //www who int/hiv/pub/malecircumcision/globaltrends/en/index html 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 55 International religious freedom report for 2004 U S Department of State http //www state gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2004/index htm accessed 21 September 2006 2008-08-08 Emilfaro Emilfaro en 21 June 2008; 27 June 2008; 22 July 2008; 28 July 2008; 6 August 2008; 6 August 2008; 7 August 2008; 7 August 2008 Table 1 Estimation of number of males aged 15 years or older circumcised for non-religious reasons by country wikitable style text-align right; rowspan 3 Country colspan 5 Male population aged 15 years or older - width 75 rowspan 2 Number millions colspan 4 Not Muslim or Jewish - width 75 Percent of population<br> 55 width 75 Number millions width 75 Percent circumcised 13 53 54 width 75 Number circumcised millions - left Angola 3 44 99 00 3 4 90 00 3 1 - left Australia 8 05 98 50 7 9 59 00 4 7 - left Canada 11 79 96 90 11 4 30 00 3 4 - left Dem Rep of Congo 16 23 90 00 14 6 90 00 13 1 - left Ethiopia 20 92 55 00 11 5 92 00 10 6 - left Ghana 5 61 84 40 4 7 85 00 4 - left Indonesia 84 98 12 00 10 2 25 00 2 5 - left Kenya 9 99 93 00 9 3 83 00 7 7 - left Madagascar 4 24 90 00 3 8 98 00 3 7 - left Mexico 80 99 0 79 2 28 00 22 4 - left Nigeria 35 23 50 00 17 6 90 00 15 9 - left Philippines 28 75 95 00 27 3 90 00 24 6 - left Republic of Korea 19 71 100 00 19 7 60 00 11 8 - left South Africa 14 87 98 50 14 6 35 00 5 1 - left Uganda 6 94 85 00 5 9 14 00 0 8 - left United Kingdom 24 22 97 30 23 6 6 00 1 4 - left United Republic of Tanzania 9 84 65 00 6 4 58 00 3 7 - left 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 wikitable style text-align right; width 135 Prevalence of circumcision width 135 Number circumcised millions width 135 Proportion of those circumcised globally - left colspan 4 Religious circumcision - left Muslim men 100 455 68 80 - left Jewish men 100 5 3 0 80 - left colspan 4 Non-religious circumcision - left United States of America 75 84 9 12 80 - left Other countries<sup>a</sup> 61 116 3 17 60 - Global total 30 661 5 100 <sup>a</sup> 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 Circumcision Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS | ||||
