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. 2016 Mar-Apr;131(2):340–347. doi: 10.1177/003335491613100218

Table 3.

Changes between 1990 and 2012 in the estimated number of women and girls living in the United States (to the nearest thousand) at risk for female genital mutilation/cuttinga

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a

For comparability of estimates, the FGM/C prevalence used to arrive at these estimates is for those aged 15–49 years in countries of origin applied to women and girls of all ages for both years.

b1990 figures taken from: Jones WK, Smith J, Kieke B Jr, Wilcox L. Female genital mutilation. Female circumcision. Who is at risk in the U.S.? Public Health Rep 1997;112:368-77.