Table 2 Genital mutilation characteristics of clinically verified mutilated participants (n = 1164)
From: Female genital mutilation among Iraqi Kurdish women: a cross-sectional study from Erbil city
Characteristic | No. | (%) |
|---|---|---|
Type of FGM (n = 1164) | ||
Type I* | 1159 | (99.6) |
Type II** | 5 | (0.4) |
Person performed mutilation (n = 983) | ||
Traditional birth attendant | 713 | (72.5) |
Traditional circumciser | 119 | (12.1) |
Relative | 109 | (11.1) |
Neighbor | 33 | (3.4) |
Health care providers | 9 | (0.9) |
Age at mutilation (years) (n = 747) | ||
<4 | 124 | (16.6) |
4–7 | 450 | (60.2) |
8–11 | 158 | (21.2) |
12–15 | 14 | (1.9) |
≥16 | 1 | (0.1) |
Complications after FGM (n = 1164) | ||
Short-term complications | ||
Bleeding | 42 | (3.6) |
Pain | 11 | (0.9) |
Long-term complications | ||
Reduced libido | 20 | (1.7) |
Psychological | 2 | (0.2) |
No complications | 1089 | (93.6) |