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Open Access 01-12-2016 | Erratum
Erratum to: Estimation of country-specific and global prevalence of male circumcision
Published in: Population Health Metrics | Issue 1/2016
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Following publication of the original article in Population Health Metrics [1], the authors wish to alert the reader to the following errors in male circumcision (MC) prevalence for 6 of the 237 countries and territories in Table 1.
Table 1
Percentage of circumcised males in each of the 237 countries and territories in the world*
|
Country/Territory
|
MC %
|
Country/Territory
|
MC %
|
Country/Territory
|
MC %
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Afghanistan
|
99.8
|
Ghana
|
91.6
|
Oman
|
87.7
|
|
Albania
|
47.7
|
Gibraltar
|
6
|
Pakistan
|
96.4
|
|
Algeria
|
97.9
|
Greece
|
4.74
|
Palau
|
95
|
|
American Samoa
|
95
|
Greenland
|
0.1
|
Panama
|
0.95
|
|
Andorra
|
1.1
|
Grenada
|
0.3
|
Papua New Guinea
|
10.1
|
|
Angola
|
57.5
|
Guam
|
95
|
Paraguay
|
0.11
|
|
Anguilla
|
0.3
|
Guatemala
|
0.11
|
Peru
|
3.7
|
|
Antigua & Barbuda
|
0.6
|
Guernsey
|
0.1
|
Philippines
|
91.7
|
|
Argentina
|
2.9
|
Guinea
|
84.2
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
0.1
|
|
Armenia
|
0.1
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
93.3
|
Poland
|
0.11
|
|
Aruba
|
0.46
|
Guyana
|
12
|
Portugal
|
0.61
|
|
Australia
|
58
|
Haiti
|
6.2
|
Puerto Rico
|
0.14
|
|
Austria
|
5.8
|
Holy See (Vatican)
|
0.1
|
Qatar
|
77.5
|
|
Azerbaijan
|
98.5
|
Honduras
|
0.1
|
Romania
|
0.34
|
|
Bahamas, The
|
0.2
|
Hong Kong
|
28
|
Russia
|
11.8
|
|
Bahrain
|
81.2
|
Hungary
|
0.78
|
Rwanda
|
13.3
|
|
Bangladesh
|
93.2
|
Iceland
|
0.1
|
Saint Barthelemy
|
0.1
|
|
Barbados
|
0.9
|
India
|
13.5
|
Saint Helena, Ascens
|
0.1
|
|
Belarus
|
0.32
|
Indonesia
|
92.5
|
Saint Kitts & Nevis
|
0.3
|
|
Belgium
|
22.6
|
Iran
|
99.7
|
Saint Lucia
|
0.1
|
|
Belize
|
0.1
|
Iraq
|
98.9
|
Saint Martin & Tristan
|
0.1
|
|
Benin
|
92.9
|
Ireland
|
0.93
|
Saint Pierre & Miquel
|
0.2
|
|
Bermuda
|
0.8
|
Isle of Man
|
0.2
|
Saint Vincent & Grena
|
1.7
|
|
Bhutan
|
1.0
|
Israel
|
91.7
|
Samoa
|
95
|
|
Bolivia
|
0.11
|
Italy
|
2.6
|
San Marino
|
0.1
|
|
Bosnia & Herzegovina
|
41.6
|
Jamaica
|
14
|
Sao Tome & Principe
|
0.1
|
|
Botswana
|
15.1
|
Japan
|
9
|
Saudi Arabia
|
97.1
|
|
Brazil
|
1.3
|
Jersey
|
0.1
|
Senegal
|
93.5
|
|
British Virgin Islands
|
1.2
|
Jordan
|
98.8
|
Serbia
|
3.71
|
|
Brunei
|
51.9
|
Kazakhstan
|
56.4
|
Seychelles
|
1.1
|
|
Bulgaria
|
13.4
|
Kenya
|
91.2
|
Sierra Leone
|
96.1
|
|
Burkin Faso
|
88.3
|
Kiribati
|
0.1
|
Singapore
|
14.9
|
|
Burma
|
3.5
|
Korea, North
|
0.1
|
Sint Maarten
|
0.06
|
|
Burundi
|
61.7
|
Korea, South
|
77.0
|
Slovakia
|
0.15
|
|
Cabo Verde
|
0.1
|
Kosovo Islands
|
91.7
|
Slovenia
|
8.5
|
|
Cambodia
|
3.5
|
Kuwait
|
86.4
|
Solomon Islands
|
95
|
|
Cameroon
|
94
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
91.9
|
Somalia
|
93.5
|
|
Canada
|
31.9
|
Laos
|
0.1
|
South Africa
|
44.7
|
|
Cayman Islands
|
0.2
|
Latvia
|
0.38
|
South Sudan
|
23.6
|
|
Central African Republic
|
63.0
|
Lebanon
|
59.7
|
Spain
|
6.6
|
|
Chad
|
73.5
|
Lesotho
|
52
|
Sri Lanka
|
8.5
|
|
Chile
|
0.21
|
Liberia
|
97.7
|
Sudan
|
39.4
|
|
China
|
14.0
|
Libya
|
96.6
|
Suriname
|
15.9
|
|
Christmas Island
|
0.1
|
Liechtenstein
|
4.8
|
Svalbard
|
0.1
|
|
Cocos (Keeling)
|
95
|
Lithuania
|
0.2
|
Swaziland
|
8.2
|
|
Columbia
|
4.2
|
Luxembourg
|
2.42
|
Sweden
|
5.1
|
|
Comoros
|
99.4
|
Macau
|
0.1
|
Switzerland
|
5.9
|
|
Congo, Dem Rep
|
97.2
|
Macedonia
|
33.9
|
Syria
|
92.8
|
|
Congo, Republic
|
70
|
Madagascar
|
94.7
|
Taiwan
|
8.3
|
|
Cook Islands
|
95
|
Malawi
|
21.6
|
Tajikistan
|
99
|
|
Costa Rica
|
0.15
|
Malaysia
|
61.4
|
Tanzania
|
72
|
|
Cote d’Ivoire
|
96.7
|
Maldives
|
98.4
|
Thailand
|
11.9
|
|
Croatia
|
1.34
|
Mali
|
86
|
Timor-Leste
|
6.4
|
|
Cuba
|
0.11
|
Malta
|
0.3
|
Togo
|
95.2
|
|
Curacao
|
0.07
|
Marshall Islands
|
0.1
|
Tokelau
|
95
|
|
Cyprus
|
22.7
|
Mauritania
|
99.2
|
Tonga
|
95
|
|
Czech Republic
|
0.14
|
Mauritius
|
16.6
|
Trinidad & Tobago
|
5.8
|
|
Denmark
|
5.3
|
Mexico
|
15.4
|
Tunisia
|
99.8
|
|
Djibouti
|
96.5
|
Micronesia, Fed States
|
0.1
|
Turkey
|
98.6
|
|
Dominica
|
0.2
|
Moldova
|
0.5
|
Turkmenistan
|
93.4
|
|
Dominican Repub
|
13.7
|
Monaco
|
0.5
|
Turks & Caicos Is
|
0.1
|
|
Ecuador
|
0.11
|
Mongolia
|
4.4
|
Tuvalu
|
95
|
|
Egypt
|
94.7
|
Montenegro
|
18.5
|
Uganda
|
26.7
|
|
El Salvador
|
0.11
|
Montserrat
|
0.1
|
Ukraine
|
2.3
|
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
87
|
Morocco
|
99.9
|
United Arab Emirates
|
76
|
|
Eritrea
|
97.2
|
Mozambique
|
47.4
|
United Kingdom
|
20.7
|
|
Estonia
|
0.25
|
Namibia
|
25.5
|
United States
|
80.5
|
|
Ethiopia
|
92.2
|
Nauru
|
95
|
Uruguay
|
0.62
|
|
Falkland Islands
|
0.1
|
Nepal
|
4.2
|
Uzbekistan
|
96.5
|
|
Faroe Islands
|
0.1
|
Netherlands
|
5.7
|
Vanuatu
|
95
|
|
Fiji
|
55
|
New Caledonia
|
50
|
Venezuela
|
0.33
|
|
Finland
|
0.82
|
New Zealand
|
33.0
|
Vietnam
|
0.2
|
|
France
|
14
|
Nicaragua
|
0.1
|
Virgin Islands
|
0.55
|
|
French Polynesia
|
78
|
Niger
|
95.5
|
Wallis & Futuna
|
0.1
|
|
Gabon
|
99.2
|
Nigeria
|
98.9
|
West Bank
|
99.9
|
|
Gambia, The
|
94.5
|
Niue
|
95
|
Western Sahara
|
99.6
|
|
Gaza Strip
|
99.9
|
Norfolk Island
|
0.1
|
Yemen
|
99.0
|
|
Georgia
|
10. 6
|
Northern Mariana Is
|
90
|
Zambia
|
21.6
|
|
Germany
|
6.7
|
Norway
|
3.0
|
Zimbabwe
|
9.2
|