Background
Theoretical background
Methods
Data
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Foreign-born women from practicing countries by five year age group (migr_pop3ctb) as of 1 January 2016
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First time asylum applicants by citizenship, age and sex, annual data (migr_asyappctza) years 2014–2016
Country
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Prevalence of FGM/C among foreign born women and confidence interval
(a)
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Correction according to the selection hypothesis
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Most recent national estimation (c)
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%
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Year
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Source
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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 |
Method
Results
Country
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Foreign-born
women
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Expected foreign-born women with FGM/C and confidence interval
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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) |
Age groups | Total women | Women with FGM/C (medium variant) | FGM/C prevalence | First three communities by age |
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From 15 to 19 years | 7702 | 2761 | 35.9 | Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal |
From 20 to 24 years | 10,257 | 4018 | 39.2 | Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal |
From 25 to 29 years | 18,615 | 8222 | 44.2 | Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal |
From 30 to 34 years | 23,553 | 10,711 | 45.5 | Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal |
From 35 to 39 years | 25,071 | 11,140 | 44.4 | Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal |
From 40 to 44 years | 21,269 | 9177 | 43.1 | Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal |
From 45 to 49 years | 15,220 | 6464 | 42.5 | Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia |
From 50 to 54 years | 9112 | 4070 | 44.7 | Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt |
From 55 to 59 years | 5797 | 2988 | 51.5 | Ethiopia, Egypt, Nigeria |
From 60 to 64 years | 4555 | 2720 | 59.7 | Ethiopia, Egypt, Eritrea |
65 years or over | 13,543 | 9249 | 68.3 | Ethiopia, Egypt, Eritrea |
Total | 154,694 | 71,522 | 46.2 | Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia |
Country | Asylum applications 2014–2016 | Expected asylum applicants with FGM/C and confidence interval | Prevalence of FGM/C among asylum applicants and confidence interval |
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Nigeria | 12,305 | 9928 (9078;10,778) | 80.7 (73.8; 87.6) |
Egypt | 75 | 42 (36;48) | 55.7(47.5; 63.8) |
Somalia | 950 | 816 (706;926) | 85.9 (74.3;97.5) |
Eritrea | 1960 | 899 (666;1133) | 45.9 (34;57.8) |
Ethiopia | 175 | 93 (89;96) | 52.9 (50.8; 55.0) |
Senegal | 275 | 75 (45;106) | 27.4 (16.3; 38.5) |
Burkina Faso | 40 | 27 (24;30) | 67.7 (59.4; 76.1) |
Côte d’Ivoire | 1210 | 145 (34;257) | 12.0 (2.8; 21.2) |
Guinea | 130 | 92 (87;94) | 71.1 (67.2;72.7) |
Sierra Leone | 90 | 66 (66;67) | 73.9(72.8;74.9) |
Sudan | 30 | 27 (26;27) | 89.6 (88.3;90.9) |
Mali | 195 | 179 (176;181) | 91.8 (90.5;93.1) |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 (0;0) | 0.0 (0.0;0.0) |
Ghana | 275 | 2 (2;3) | 0.8 (0.6;1.1) |
Mauritania | 10 | 5 (5;5) | 52.4 (50.8;54) |
Gambia, The | 280 | 195 (190;200) | 69.8 (68;71.6) |
Kenya | 60 | 9 (9;10) | 15.5 (14.8;16.7) |
Guinea-Bissau | 5 | 5 (5;5) | 91.8 (90.5;93.1) |
Liberia | 15 | 4 (4;4) | 26.6 (25;28.2) |
Togo | 45 | 0 (0;1) | 1.1(0.8; 1.4) |
Benin | 20 | 0 (0;0) | 2.2(1.9; 2.5) |
Iraq | 220 | 7 (7;8) | 3.4 (3.1; 3.6) |
Chad | 5 | 1 (1;1) | 23.1 (22.6;19.2) |
Tanzania | 5 | 0 (0;0) | 0 (0.0; 0.0) |
Yemen | 10 | 2 (1;2) | 15.0 (14;16.1) |
Cameroon | 665 | 3 (1;4) | 0.4 (0.2;0.6) |
Uganda | 25 | 0 (0;0) | 0.0 (0;0) |
Niger | 20 | 0 (0;0) | 0.0 (0;0) |
Central African Republic | 15 | 2 (2;3) | 12.3 (11.3;17.6) |
Djibouti | 0 | 0 (0;0) | 0.0 (0;0) |
South Sudan | 0 | 0 (0;0) | 0.0 (0;0) |
Total | 19,110 | 12,626 (11,260;13,990) | 66.1 (58.9;73.2) |