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Figure 2.13b HIV prevalence among circumcised and uncircumcised men aged 15-64 years by province, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.2420.2CircumcisedUncircumcisedHIV Prevalence (Weighted %)1686.117.35.57.0 6.813.23.2 3.42.64.5 4.2 3.900.0*0.90.6*Nairobi Central Coast Eastern NorthEasternNyanza Rift Valley Western TotalProvinceFigure 2.13b <strong>National</strong>ly, HIV prevalence among uncircumcised men was more thanthree times greater than among circumcised men; in some provinces this differencewas not observed.*Estimates not presented due to small denominators of less than 25 observations in this category.At the national level, prevalence was significantly higher among uncircumcised men (13.2%) thanamong circumcised men (3.9%). A similar pattern was observed at the provincial level in Nairobi,Nyanza, Rift Valley and Western provinces. Due to the small number of uncircumcisedparticipants in Coast (n=24) and North Eastern (n=9) provinces, conclusions cannot be drawnabout the association between HIV prevalence and male circumcision in these provinces fromthese data.<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 49

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