Table 1 Estimated prevalence of FGM/C among foreign-born women from FGM/C practicing countries. Italy 2016
Country | Prevalence of FGM/C among foreign born women and confidence interval (a) | Correction according to the selection hypothesis (b) | Most recent national estimation (c) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | Year | Source | |||
Mali | 92.0 (90.6; 93.5) | 1.01 | 91.4 | 2013 | DHS |
Sudan | 91.5 (90.2; 92.8) | 1.04 | 86.6 | 2014 | MICS |
Somalia | 89.5 (81.1; 98.0) | Direct estimation | 97.9 | 2006 | MICS |
Djibouti | 83.2 (81.7; 84.6) | 0.99 | 93.1 | 2006 | MICS |
Burkina Faso | 71.6 (63.7; 79.6) | Direct estimation | 75.8 | 2010 | DHS |
Guinea | 71.0 (68.7; 73.3) | 0.95 | 96.9 | 2012 | DHS |
Nigeria | 69.8 (56.9; 82.7) | Direct estimation | 24.8 | 2013 | DHS |
Eritrea | 69.8 (58.4; 81.3) | Direct estimation | 83.0 | 2010 | Population and Health Survey |
Gambia. The | 69.6 (67.5;71.8) | 0.93 | 74.9 | 2013 | DHS |
Ethiopia | 63.7 (61.5;65.8) | 0.83 | 65.2 | 2016 | DHS |
Sierra Leone | 61.2 (60.5;61.8) | 0.87 | 89.6 | 2013 | DHS |
Egypt | 60.7 (52.5;68.9) | Direct estimation | 87.2 | 2015 | Health Issues Survey (DHS) |
Mauritania | 52.5 (50.9;54.1) | 0.75 | 69.4 | 2011 | MICS |
Indonesia | 49.0 (47.1;50.9) | Data not available | 49.0 | 2016 | Unicef |
Liberia | 38.6 (36.6;40.6) | 0.68 | 49.8 | 2013 | DHS |
Guinea-Bissau | 33.5 (31.4;35.5) | 0.74 | 44.9 | 2014 | MICS |
Senegal | 27.5 (18;37.1) | Direct estimation | 24.7 | 2014 | DHS |
Chad | 21.0 (19.7;22.3) | 0.63 | 38.4 | 2014–15 | MICS |
Kenya | 17.5 (16.2;18.9) | 0.64 | 21.0 | 2014 | DHS |
Central Afr. Rep. | 16.9 (15.4;23.5) | 0.62 | 24.2 | 2010 | MICS |
Yemen | 15.8 (14.6;17) | 0.77 | 18.5 | 2013 | DHS |
Côte d’Ivoire | 10.7 (2.4;19) | Direct estimation | 38.2 | 2011–12 | DHS |
Tanzania | 7.2 (6.3;8.1) | 0.39 | 14.6 | 2010 | DHS |
Iraq | 4.8 (4.4;5.2) | 0.52 | 8.1 | 2011 | DHS |
Benin | 3.8 (3.3;4.2) | 0.30 | 9.2 | 2014 | MICS |
Togo | 2.6 (1.9;3.2) | 0.45 | 4.7 | 2013–2014 | DHS |
Uganda | 1.6 (0.8;2.4) | 1.05 | 1.4 | 2011 | DHS |
Ghana | 1.4 (1;1.7) | 0.32 | 3.8 | 2011 | MICS |
Niger | 1.1 (0.7;1.4) | 0.55 | 2.0 | 2012 | DHS |
Cameroon | 0.6 (0.3;1) | 0.46 | 1.4 | 2004 | DHS |
South Sudan | 1.4 (0.04; 2.4) | Data not available | 1.4 | 2010 | Southern Sudan Household Survey |