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. 2020 Sep 17;15(9):e0239187. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239187

Table 3. Characteristics of 215 survivors of sexual violence presenting at the MSF clinic, stratified by location of the sexual violence incident, Lesvos, Greece (September 2017-January 2018).

Characteristics  Location of incident
In Country of origin During Transit5 On Lesvos
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Total 76 118 10
Age group (years)
≤10 1 (1) 1 (1) 0 (0)
11–20 14 (18) 21 (18) 4 (40)
21–30 33 (43) 51 (43) 2 (20)
31–40 22 (29) 41 (35) 3 (30)
>40 6 (8) 4 (3) 1 (10)
Sex
Female 64 (84) 78 (56) 7 (70)
Male 12 (16) 40 (34) 3 (30)
Nationality groups
Central and East Africa1 38 (50) 47 (40) 6 (60)
West Africa2 22 (29) 49 (42) 1 (10)
North Africa3 0 (0) 1 (1) 0 (0)
Middle East4 11 (14) 12 (10) 2 (20)
Other 5 (7) 5 (4) 1 (10)
Not Recorded 0 (0) 4 (3) 0 (0)
Interval between incident and requesting care
<72 h 0 (0) 1 (1) 5 (50)
3 days-1 month 1 (1) 20 (17) 1 (10)
1 month-1 year 69 (91) 94 (80) 2 (20)
>1 year 6 (8) 3 (3) 1 (10)
Not recorded 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (10)

1) Central and East Africa: Congo (Kinshasa) Congo (Brazzaville) Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Eritrea.

2) West Africa: Nigeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea (Conakry) Guinea (Bissau) Cameroon.

3) North Africa: Morocco.

4) Middle East: Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan.

5) Transit: any country where the victim resided at any point in time between leaving the country of origin and arriving in Lesvos.