Table 4. Comparison of data pertinent to selected risk factors for cervical cancer from Jimma University Teaching Hospital in southwestern Ethiopia (January 2008—December 2010) and Tikbur Anbessa Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (April 2013) [19] from women with a diagnosis of cervical cancer to that of representative women in Ethiopia (where cervical lesions were not necessarily studied).

Variable	Jimma University Teaching Hospital	Tikur Anbessa Hospital	Ethiopia (cervical lesions not studied)
Mean age (in years) at first sexual intercourse	15.83	16.5	17.07
Mean number of sexual partners	2.9	1.6a	1.4
Parity	6.27	5.3	4.8

^a(Out of 198 respondents, 52.3% responded 1, 33% responded 2 and 29% responded 3 or more).