Timor-Leste
Deep-built6.4% circumcision prevalence
Prevalence of non-therapeutic male circumcision.
Research coverage
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8
Sources · Citations
7
Verifications · Independent
0
Structured claims · Evidence-based
Jul 9, 2026
Last updated · deep-built
Research note: Timor-Leste DEEP_BUILT 2026-07-07. Morris 2016 PMC4772313: 6.4% (confirmed 3-0) — non-trivially ABOVE a pure ~97%-Catholic baseline; TWO candidate explanations explicitly REFUTED in adversarial review (1-2, 0-3) — mechanism presented as a genuinely open question, evidence level downgraded to MODERATE. SUPPLEMENTARY (not re-adversarially-verified) explanation gathered post-hoc: Muslim population peaked ~18% shortly before 2002 independence (Indonesian transmigrasi settlement programme, 1975-1999 occupation era), fell to ~3.6% by 2020 after independence — offered as a reasonable inference for the above-baseline figure, not a confirmed causal finding. Separate longer-standing Yemeni Hadhrami-Arab Muslim trading community (Portuguese-colonial-era, distinct from the transient Indonesian-era population) — not conflated. Indonesian-occupation mass-violence history (1975-1999) kept STRICTLY as demographic/political CONTEXT, NOT conflated with circumcision practice. HIV <0.2% overall but rose ~10x among pregnant women (0.04%→0.3%, 2013-18) and STI patients (0.37%→3.1%) — a real distinct alarming trend. UNREGULATED. NOT VMMC priority. 0 verified incidents (honest gap). Sources #1334-1341.
Research claims
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No structured research claims have been added for Timor-Leste yet.
Legal status
UnregulatedNo Timor-Leste statute specifically governs non-therapeutic male circumcision. This research did not independently verify Timor-Leste's female genital mutilation legal status — an honest gap. Female genital mutilation is a separate matter and must not be conflated with male circumcision.
Medical & HIV context
0.2%
Adult HIV prevalence
UNAIDS (2018) · Adults 15–49
no
Circumcision in newborns
Non-therapeutic (cultural practice)
minority-only
Typical age
Benchmarks are international context — not a local complication rate.
Incident registry
No verified incidents are currently recorded for Timor-Leste.
This absence should not be read as proof that harm does not occur — only that no verified, sourced case has been documented in this database yet.