Table 2. Daughters' experience of FGM and geographic variation in Ethiopia, EDHS 2000–2005.
| Geographic location | EDHS 2000 | EDHS 2005 | Percentage changes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted total number of daughters circumcised | Weighted prevalence of daughters circumcised (95%CI) | Weighted total number of daughters circumcised | Weighted prevalence of daughters circumcised (95%CI) | ||
| Region | |||||
| Tigray | 555 | 29.6(25.86,33.45) | 524 | 30.2(26.34,34.19) | 2.0 |
| Afar | 95 | 93.2(87.33,97.40) | 82 | 85.1(76.45,91.82) | -8.7 |
| Amhara | 2241 | 70.5(68.59,72.37) | 2,014 | 56.8(54.63,58.96) | -19.4 |
| Oromia | 3159 | 42.4(40.67,44.12) | 2,873 | 34.9(33.18,36.67) | -17.7 |
| Somali | 101 | 57.4(47.64,66.79) | 323 | 28.1(23.47,33.27) | -51.0 |
| Benishangul-Gumz | 87 | 56.6(45.78,66.45) | 74 | 49.3(37.42,59.98) | -12.9 |
| SNNPR | 1761 | 32.3(30.16,34.52) | 1733 | 23.5(21.54,25.53) | -27.2 |
| Gambella | 20 | 24.1(9.79,47.02) | 25 | 11.0(3.15,29.28) | -54.4 |
| Harari | 19 | 44.6(21.83,64.63) | 17 | 27.1(11.66,53.68) | -39.2 |
| Addis Ababa | 227 | 39.6(33.43,46.12) | 223 | 25.1(19.75,31.12) | -36.6 |
| Dire Dawa | 33 | 39.6(23.45,56.63) | 32 | 34.3(19.58,51.88) | -13.4 |
| Residence | |||||
| Urban | 1124 | 41.9(39.04,44.81) | 914 | 30.0(27.07,33.01) | -28.4 |
| Rural | 7174 | 48.7(47.55,49.86) | 7007 | 38.7(37.57,39.85) | -20.5 |
| Total | 8298 | 47.8(46.72,48.87) | 7920 | 37.7(36.64,38.77) | -21.1 |