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Table 7 Estimated numbers of girls at risk of FGM/C: low and high risk scenarios

From: Estimating the magnitude of female genital mutilation/cutting in Norway: an extrapolation model

Country

At risk of FGM/C

Low FGM risk scenarioa

High FGM risk scenariob

Cameroon

0

0

Côte d’Ivoire

c

c

Djibouti

c

12

Egypt

71

114

Eritrea

179

654

Ethiopia

91

419

Gambia

19

135

Ghana

c

c

Guinea

33

49

Iraq

116

284

Kenya

27

34

Liberia

50

77

Nigeria

c

30

Senegal

c

c

Sierra Leone

68

104

Somalia

2150

5683

Sudan

168

285

Togo

0

0

Uganda

c

c

United Republic of Tanzania

c

c

Yemen

c

c

Other countriesd

c

12

Total

2999

7929

  1. aGroup 1b + 1c adjusted for prevalence level 15–19
  2. bGroup 1b + 1c + 2a adjusted for prevalence 15–19
  3. cCountries with less than 20 in total: Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania and Niger
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