Malawi 2015-16

Table A-13.9 Male circumcision: Districts
Percent distribution of men age 15-49 by circumcision status and provider of circumcision, and percentage of men circumcised, according to
district, Malawi DHS 2015-16
District
Traditional
practitioner/
family friend
Circumcised by:
Health
worker/
professional
Other/don’t
know/missing
Not
circumcised
Don’t know/
missing
circumcision
status
Total
Percentage
of men
circumcised 1
Number of
men
Northern
Chitipa 0.5 1.0 0.3 97.6 0.7 100.0 1.8 73
Karonga 1.6 12.7 0.2 85.5 0.0 100.0 14.5 149
Likoma 2.7 8.4 0.0 88.6 0.3 100.0 11.1 6
Mzimba 2.9 1.8 0.2 94.1 1.0 100.0 4.9 493
Nkhata Bay 1.5 3.4 0.0 95.1 0.0 100.0 4.9 108
Rumphi 1.9 3.0 0.0 95.1 0.0 100.0 4.9 94
Total 2.2 3.9 0.2 93.2 0.6 100.0 6.3 922
Central
Dedza 7.2 3.5 0.1 89.2 0.0 100.0 10.8 306
Dowa 1.4 1.4 0.0 97.2 0.0 100.0 2.8 342
Kasungu 2.5 1.6 0.0 95.9 0.0 100.0 4.1 323
Lilongwe 8.1 10.7 0.0 81.2 0.0 100.0 18.8 1,192
Mchinji 3.2 4.0 0.1 92.2 0.5 100.0 7.3 252
Nkhotakota 27.6 11.1 0.4 60.9 0.0 100.0 39.1 156
Ntcheu 6.6 4.9 0.2 87.9 0.4 100.0 11.7 264
Ntchisi 1.1 0.5 0.0 97.9 0.6 100.0 1.5 143
Salima 40.5 7.6 1.0 50.9 0.0 100.0 49.1 198
Total 8.9 6.4 0.1 84.5 0.1 100.0 15.4 3,176
Southern
Balaka 37.0 14.7 0.0 48.3 0.0 100.0 51.7 149
Blantyre 21.9 20.5 1.4 56.2 0.0 100.0 43.8 542
Chikhwawa 9.5 8.8 0.0 81.7 0.0 100.0 18.3 224
Chiradzulu 33.0 12.1 0.0 54.9 0.0 100.0 45.1 130
Machinga 81.4 9.5 0.0 9.1 0.0 100.0 90.9 190
Mangochi 62.0 12.0 1.5 24.5 0.0 100.0 75.5 398
Mulanje 11.8 16.0 0.5 71.2 0.4 100.0 28.4 294
Mwanza 7.5 5.0 0.0 87.5 0.0 100.0 12.5 51
Neno 18.1 2.6 0.0 78.4 0.9 100.0 20.7 70
Nsanje 2.7 4.0 0.0 93.3 0.0 100.0 6.7 104
Phalombe 8.6 11.4 1.0 79.0 0.0 100.0 21.0 176
Thyolo 22.8 22.7 0.0 54.5 0.0 100.0 45.5 289
Zomba 55.0 10.1 0.0 34.9 0.0 100.0 65.1 415
Total 33.1 13.8 0.6 52.5 0.1 100.0 47.4 3,030
Total 18.3 9.2 0.3 72.0 0.1 100.0 27.8 7,128
1
Includes all men who report they are circumcised, regardless of provider
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