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Table 2 Number of foreign-born women and estimated cut women from FGM/C practicing countries. Italy 2016

From: Female genital mutilation/cutting in Italy: an enhanced estimation for first generation migrant women based on 2016 survey data

Country

Foreign-born

women

Expected foreign-born women with FGM/C and confidence interval

Nigeria

31,292

21,847 (17,809;25,884)

Egypt

27,755

16,856 (14,578;19,135)

Senegal

19,256

5301 (3457;7144)

Ghana

16,843

231 (176;286)

Ethiopia

15,534

9891 (9561;10,221)

Côte d’Ivoire

10,259

1095 (243;1948)

Eritrea

6009

4195 (3507;4883)

Cameroon

5698

36 (16;56)

Somalia

4612

4128 (3738;4519)

Burkina Faso

3172

2272 (2019;2524)

Indonesia

2574

1261 (1212;1311)

Kenya

2152

377 (348;406)

Togo

1713

44 (33;54)

Guinea

1163

825 (799;852)

Iraq

960

46 (43;50)

Benin

950

36 (32;40)

Tanzania

931

67 (59;76)

Sudan

621

568 (560;576)

Uganda

564

9 (5;14)

Sierra Leone

527

322 (319;326)

Mali

504

464 (457;471)

Liberia

307

119 (112;125)

Gambia, The

302

210 (204;217)

Guinea-Bissau

242

81 (76;86)

Niger

209

2 (1;3)

Mauritania

159

84 (81;86)

Chad

117

25 (23;26)

Yemen

113

18 (17;19)

Central African Republic

93

16 (14;22)

Djibouti

52

43 (42;44)

South Sudan

13

0 (0;0)

Total

154,694

70,469 (59,540; 81,404)

  1. Source: Authors’ elaboration from FGM-Prev Survey DHS/MICS/PHS/HHS surveys and Eurostat data