Table 1.
Characteristics of women with no FGM/C, type I FGM/C, and type II FGM/C
| No FGM/C | Type I FGM/C | Type II FGM/C | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| Range | 15–41 | 12–42 | 15–45 | 12–45 | ||||
| Mean | 25.6 | 26.3 | 25.4 | 25.9 | ||||
| Living children (n) | ||||||||
| Range | 0–6 | 0–9 | 0–9 | 0–9 | ||||
| Mean | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
|
| ||||||||
| Casesa | 139 | 24.4 | 326 | 57.2 | 105 | 18.4 | 570 | 100 |
| Reason for attending hospital or health centerb | ||||||||
| Delivery | 94 | 71.2 | 205 | 68.1 | 82 | 80.4 | 381 | 71.2 |
| Antenatal care | 38 | 28.8 | 93 | 30.9 | 19 | 18.6 | 150 | 28.0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.7 |
| Total | 132 | 100 | 301 | 100 | 102 | 100 | 535 | 100 |
| Ethnic groupc | ||||||||
| Mandinka | 10 | 5.7 | 139 | 79.4 | 26 | 14.9 | 175 | 100 |
| Wolof | 99 | 82.5 | 16 | 13.3 | 5 | 4.2 | 120 | 100 |
| Fula | 8 | 6.9 | 80 | 69.0 | 28 | 24.1 | 116 | 100 |
| Sarahole | 1 | 3.3 | 12 | 40.0 | 17 | 56.7 | 30 | 100 |
| Djola | 3 | 3.9 | 54 | 71.1 | 19 | 25.0 | 76 | 100 |
| Serer | 7 | 53.8 | 3 | 23.1 | 3 | 23.1 | 13 | 100 |
| Other | 7 | 36.8 | 12 | 63.2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 100 |
Notes:
a
Of total cases (n = 570)
b
of total cases in each group (no FGM/C, type I FGM/C, type II FGM/C, total)
c
of total cases in each ethnic group (Mandinga, Wolof, Fula, Saraholes, Djola, Serer, other).
Abbreviation: FGM/C, female genital mutilation/cutting.