Table 1. Trends and Geographic Variation of Female Genital Mutilation among Reproductive age women in Ethiopia; 2000–2005, Ethiopia.
| Geographic locations | EDHS 2000 | EDHS 2005 | Percentage changes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted total number of women | Weighted prevalence of circumcision (95%CI) | Weighted total number of women | Weighted prevalence of circumcision (95%CI) | ||
| Region | |||||
| Tigray | 969 | 35.7(32.73,38.76) | 919 | 29.3(26.40,32.28) | -17.9 |
| Afar | 178 | 98.6(96.34,99.81) | 146 | 91.6(86.45,95.47) | -7.1 |
| Amhara | 3820 | 79.7(78.41,80.96) | 3480 | 68.6(67.03,70.12) | -13.9 |
| Oromia | 5937 | 89.8(89.00,90.54) | 5010 | 87.2(86.26,88.11) | -2.9 |
| Somali | 175 | 99.7(97.21,99.97) | 486 | 97.3(95.58,98.50) | -2.4 |
| Benishangul-Gumz | 160 | 73.7(66.52,80.13) | 124 | 67.6(59.14,75.52) | -8.3 |
| SNNPR | 3285 | 73.5(71.96,74.97) | 2995 | 71.0(69.34,72.59) | -3.4 |
| Gambella | 40 | 42.9(27.97,58.08) | 44 | 27.1(15.70,41.76) | -36.8 |
| Harari | 41 | 94.3(84.81,99.17) | 39 | 85.1(70.72,93.52) | -9.8 |
| Addis Ababa | 684 | 79.9(76.85,82.84) | 756 | 65.7(62.30,69.06) | -17.8 |
| Dire Dawa | 79 | 95.1(88.24,98.37) | 69 | 92.3(84.67,97.30) | -2.9 |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 2791 | 79.8(78.27,81.25) | 2499 | 68.5(66.67,70.31) | -14.2 |
| Rural | 12576 | 79.9(79.19,80.59) | 11570 | 75.5(74.71,76.27) | -5.5 |
| Total | 15367 | 79.9(79.26,80.53) | 14069 | 74.3(73.57,75.02) | -7.0 |