Table 5 Estimated prevalence of FGM/C among inpatients by country and year (n = 182 FGM/C, as no nationality was recorded for 18 patients with an FGM/C diagnosis)

Country of origin

2016

FGM/C country prevalence (DHS/MICS)

Inpatients, N

FGM/C codes expected among inpatients, n^a

FGM/C codes among inpatients, n

FGM/C prevalence calculated among inpatients, % (95%CI)

2017 FGM/C country prevalence (DHS/MICS)

Inpatients, N

FGM/C codes expected among inpatients, n^a

FGM/C codes among inpatients, n

FGM/C prevalence calculated among inpatients, % (95%CI)

2018 FGM/C country prevalence (DHS/MICS)

Inpatients, N

FGM/C codes expected among inpatients, n^a

FGM/C codes among inpatients, n

FGM/C prevalence calculated among inpatients, % (95%CI)

Benin

0.092

10

1

0

0 (0–30.85)

0.092

13

1

0

0 (0–24.71)

0.092

14

1

1

7.14 (0.18–33.87)

Burkina Faso

0.758

35

27

1

2.86 (0.072–14.92)

0.758

24

18

2

8.33 (1.03–26.99)

0.758

31

23

0

0 (0–11.22)

Cameroon

0.014

268

4

1

0.37 (0.009–2.06)

0.014

311

4

0

0 (0–1.18)

0.014

264

4

0

0 (0–1.39)

Central African Republic

0.242

1

0

0

0 (NA)

0.242

3

1

0

0 (0–70.76)

0.242

4

1

0

0 (0–60.24)

Chad

0.384

7

3

0

0 (0–40.96)

0.384

7

3

0

0 (0–40.96)

0.384

4

2

0

0 (0–60.24)

Djibouti

0.931

3

3

0

0 (0–70.76)

0.931

2

2

0

0 (0–84.19)

0.931

2

2

0

0 (0–84.19)

Egypt

0.872

81

71

0

0 (0–4.45)

0.872

79

69

0

0 (0–4.56)

0.872

83

72

5

6.02 (1.98–13.50)

Eritrea

0.83

878

729

12

1.37 (0.71–2.38)

0.83

910

755

37

4.07 (2.88–5.56)

0.83

917

761

36

3.93 (2.76–5.39)

Ethiopia

0.652

210

137

2

0.95 (0.12–3.40)

0.652

188

123

3

1.60 (0.33–4.59)

0.652

181

118

2

1.10 (0.13–3.93)

Gambia

0.749

14

10

0

0 (0–23.16)

0.749

15

11

0

0 (0–21.80)

0.757

5

4

0

0 (0–52.18)

Ghana

0.038

59

2

0

0 (0–6.06)

0.038

69

3

0

0 (0–5.21)

0.038

52

2

0

0 (0–6.85)

Guinea

0.968

43

42

0

0 (0–8.22)

0.968

63

61

0

0 (0–5.69)

0.945

75

71

6

8.00 (2.99–16.60)

Guinea-Bissau

0.449

5

2

0

0 (0–52.18)

0.449

5

2

0

0 (0–52.18)

0.449

15

7

2

13.33 (1.66–40.46)

Iraq

0.367

265

97

0

0 (0–1.38)

0.367

263

97

0

0 (0–1.39)

0.367

257

94

0

0 (0–1.43)

Ivory Coast

0.21

88

18

1

1.14 (0.029–6.17)

0.21

101

21

1

0.99 (0.025–5.39)

0.21

117

25

1

0.85 (0.022–4.67)

Kenya

0.498

81

40

0

0 0–4.45)

0.498

77

38

0

0 (0–4.68)

0.498

77

38

0

0 (0–4.68)

Liberia

0.827

4

3

0

0 (0–60.24)

0.827

4

3

0

0 (0–60.24)

0.886

7

6

0

0 (0–40.96)

Mali

0.666

20

13

0

0 (0–16.84)

0.666

11

7

0

0 (0–28.49)

0.666

10

7

1

10.00 (0.25–44.50)

Mauritania

0.02

11

0

0

0 (0–28.49)

0.02

10

0

0

0 (0–30.85)

0.02

8

0

1

12.50 (0.32–52.65)

Niger

0.184

19

3

0

0 (0–17.65)

0.184

7

1

0

0 (0–40.96)

0.195

12

2

0

0 (0–26.46)

Nigeria

0.227

100

23

1

1.00 (0.025–5.45)

0.24

124

30

1

0.81 (0.020–4.41)

0.24

111

27

3

2.70 (0.56–7.70)

Senegal

0.896

96

86

0

0 (0–3.77)

0.861

91

78

0

0 (0–3.97)

0.861

84

72

3

3.57 (0.74–10.08)

Sierra Leone

0.979

17

17

0

0 (0–19.51)

0.979

19

19

0

0 (0–17.65)

0.979

14

14

0

0 (0–23.16)

Somalia

0.866

352

305

14

3.98 (2.19–6.58)

0.866

358

310

18

5.03 (3.01–7.83)

0.866

304

263

22

7.24 (4.59–10.75)

Sudan and South Sudan

0.1

58

6

1

1.72 (0.044–9.24)

0.1

65

7

1

1.54 (0.039–8.28)

0.1

51

5

3

5.88 (1.23–16.24)

Tanzania

0.047

19

1

0

0 (0–17.65)

0.047

18

1

0

0 (0–18.53)

0.047

17

1

0

0 (0–19.51)

Togo

0.003

69

0

0

0 (0–5.21)

0.003

53

0

0

0 (0–84.19)

0.003

56

0

0

0 (0–6.38)

Uganda

0.185

15

3

0

0 (0–21.80)

0.185

21

4

0

0 (0–16.11)

0.185

20

4

0

0 (0–16.11)

Yemen

0.092

24

2

0

0 (0–14.25)

0.092

15

1

0

0 (0–21.80)

0.092

21

2

0

0 (0–16.11)

Total

NA

2892

1648

33

NA

NA

2973

1671

63

NA

NA

2855

1628

86

NA