Estimating the indirect prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting in Switzerland

Cottler-Casanova, S.; Abdulcadir, J.

doi:10.1186/s12889-021-10875-w

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Applied Indirect Estimates for Girls at risk or having undergone FGM/C (Ages 0–14) 2010–2018

From: Estimating the indirect prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting in Switzerland

Country	Swiss 2010 Applied Indirect Estimate [GIRLS 0–14]	Swiss 2011 Applied Indirect Estimate [GIRLS 0–14]	Swiss 2012 Applied Indirect Estimate [GIRLS 0–14]	Swiss 2013 Applied Indirect Estimate [GIRLS 0–14]	Swiss 2014 Applied Indirect Estimate [GIRLS 0–14]	Swiss 2015 Applied Indirect Estimate [GIRLS 0–14]	Swiss 2016 Applied Indirect Estimate [GIRLS 0–14]	Swiss 2017 Applied Indirect Estimate [GIRLS 0–14]	Swiss 2018 Applied Indirect Estimate [GIRLS 0–14]
Benin	0.06	0.10	0.12	0.14	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.062
Burkina Faso	3.59	3.19	3.59	2.66	3.06	2.79	3.19	3.46	3.724
Cameroon	2.86	2.85	2.87	2.89	2.85	2.93	2.98	2.84	2.744
Central African Republic	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.02	0.03	0.032
Chad	1.83	1.95	2.44	2.68	2.57	2.87	2.67	2.48	2.376
Djibouti	1.46	1.94	2.43	2.43	2.91	3.40	2.43	0.97	0.97
Egypt	40.01^d	42.90^d	44.34^d	51.09^d	46.22^d	30.03	28.48	29.19	27.354
Eritrea	478.04	686.20	976.37	1184.09	1426.64	1730.04	2042.71	2361.56	2632.77
Ethiopia	138.36	135.72	155.32	157.21	157.59	164.00	73.01	77.87	78.029
Gambia	4.24	5.09	8.48	19.84^a	20.60^a	25.94^a	23.65^a	25.18^a	19.734
Ghana	2.10^a	0.58	0.60	0.62	0.62	0.60	0.57	0.55	0.532
Guinea	27.26	27.83	28.67	28.21	29.12	36.40	39.41	40.32	39.882
Guinea-Bissau	1.55	2.71	4.26	4.26	3.26	3.55	3.85	3.85	4.736
Iraq	192.40^b	189.11	182.31	184.37	191.58	237.31	254.00	249.47	6.265
Ivory Coast	11.40	14.18	15.44	16.80	16.70	16.59	17.11	18.20	17.767
Kenya	13.72^a	16.79^a	17.23^a	17.08^a	3.89	3.75	4.00	3.81	3.948
Liberia	5.37^a	5.73^a	6.80^a	5.60	4.67	4.67	3.73	3.73	4.043
Mali	16.41	14.92	17.16	15.22	13.84	11.46	15.28	14.52	11.632
Mauritania	3.29	5.48	4.93	3.29	2.74	1.60	2.13	4.26	3.192
Niger	0.07^a	0.09^a	0.14^a	0.15^a	0.17^a	0.18^a	0.14^a	0.13^a	0.154^a
Nigeria	51.43	40.32	43.20	38.36	38.53	40.90	60.72	63.50	49.92
Senegal	9.68^c	10.06^c	10.97	12.51	13.80	16.94	16.46	17.22	16.66
Sierra Leone	1.80	1.90	2.00	14.12^a	14.12^a	16.35^a	14.86^a	1.76	1.428
Somalia	346.84	375.82	425.50	447.58	462.30	477.48	502.32	529.46	539.12
Sudanb	28.49	32.19	34.04	30.71	28.04	26.46	31.50	29.30	32.445
Tanzania	0.75	0.78	0.75	0.78	0.71	1.03	1.27	1.22	1.41
Togo	0.63	0.70	0.75	0.56	0.60	0.62	0.59	0.56	0.54
Uganda	0.18	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.041
Yemen	16.13	16.555	16.56	13.78^a	14.60^a	13.94^a	11.48^a	10.99^a	10.66^a
Total	1399.97	1635.72	2007.32	2257.07	2501.81	2871.93	3158.67	3496.51	3512.17

^aEstimates for ages 15–19 were used when estimates for 0–14 were unavailable
^bIn Iraq, estimates for 2011 were used when estimates for 2010 were unavailable
^cEstimates for Senegal for 2010–2011 are for girls ages 0–10, not 0–15
^d Estimates for Egypt from 2010 to 2014 include ages 0–19

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