Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Factors associated with the safety of voluntary medical male circumcision in Nyanza province, Kenya

Amy Herman-Roloff, Robert C Bailey & Kawango Agot

Volume 90, Number 10, October 2012, 773-781

Table 3. Provider experience, duration of male circumcision procedure and adverse event rates, Nyanza province, Kenya, 2008–2010

No. of MMCs performed Mean duration, min (SD) Clinic system
Active system
No. % OR (95% CI) No. % OR (95% CI)
≤ 20 MMCs (ref) 24.0 (9.6) 1069 3.4 390 11.3
21–100 MMCs 18.3 (6.4) 1385 2.7 0.71 (0.43–1.16) 469 6.8 0.58 (0.36–0.93)
101–200 MMCs 17.6 (6.1) 813 1.1 0.24 (0.11–0.54) 404 5.9 0.50 (0.30–0.83)
201–302 MMCs 15.5 (5.5) 438 0.7 0.31 (0.09–1.01) 186 4.3 0.35 (0.16–0.77)

CI, confidence interval; MMC, medical male circumcision; OR, odds ratio; SD, standard deviation.