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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by male circumcision type among males 15 years and older

From: HIV risk perception and behavior among medically and traditionally circumcised males in South Africa

Variables

 

Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC)

Traditional male circumcision (TMC)

No circumcision

 
 

n

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

% (95 % CI)

p-value

Age group (in years)

     

 15–19

1.778

20.1 (16.6–24.2)

13.3 (10.5–16.8)

66.6 (62.3–70.6)

<0.001

 20–24

1.585

22.8 (19.25–26.8)

24.5 (20.6–28.8)

62.7 (48.4–57.0)

 

 25–49

4.785

20.1 (17.8–22.6)

30.2 (27.0–33.6)

49.7 (46.5–52.9)

 

 50+

2.938

15.0 (12.7–17.6)

31.9 (28.4–35.6)

53.2 (49.5–56.8)

 

Race

     

 Black African

6.255

19.1 (17.0–21.4)

33.9 (30.9–37.1)

47 (44.1–49.9)

<0.001

 Other

4.798

20.9 (18.5–23.6)

3.9 (2.90–5.3)

75.2 (72.2–77.9)

 

Locality type

     

 Urban formal

6.528

24.1 (22.0–26.5)

18.4 (15.5–21.8)

57.4 (54.5–60.3)

 

 Urban informal

1.152

14.0 (10.6–18.3)

39.2 (32.6–46.2)

46.9 (40.2–53.7)

 

 Rural informal

2.164

14.7 (12.1–17.7)

39.5 (34.1–45.2)

45.8 (40.4–51.3)

 

 Rural formal

1.242

14.8 (6.8–29.3)

18.1 (11.5–27.2)

67.1 (58.8–74.5)

 

Province

     

 Western Cape

1.356

17.7 (14.4–21.6)

22.3 (15.3–31.5)

60.0 (53.1–66.4)

<0.001

 Eastern Cape

1.395

10.9 (7.1–16.4)

64.9 (57.9–71.4)

24.2 (20.0–29.0)

 

 Northern Cape

896

10.6 (7.8–14.2)

9.6 (5.5–16.2)

79.8 (73.4–84.9)

 

 Free State

848

17.1 (12.4–23.1)

19.7 (14.7–25.9)

63.2 (56.5–69.4)

 

 KwaZulu-Natal

2.532

16.2 (12.9–20.1)

6.9 (4.9–9.4)

77.0 (72.9–80.6)

 

 North West

780

16.7 (13.5–20.5)

19.5 (14.3–26.0)

63.8 (57.6–69.6)

 

 Gauteng

1.492

29.8 (26.1–33.9)

18.0 (14.3–22.3)

52.2 (48.3–56.1)

 

 Mpumalanga

858

11.4 (8.2–15.7)

39.8 (29.3–51.4)

48.8 (38.1–59.6)

 

 Limpopo

929

25.8 (21.4–30.6)

49.4 (42.7–56.0)

24.9 (19.4–31.3)