Country | Cohort comparison | All types of FGM PD (95% CI) | Flesh removal PD (95% CI) | Symbolic ‘nick’ PD (95% CI) | Infibulation PD (95% CI) |
Western Africa | |||||
Benin | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −15.7 (−17.5 to −14.0) | −14.5 (−16.1 to −12.8) | – | −1.1 (−1.6 to −0.6) |
Burkina Faso | 65–67 vs 92–94 | −24.8 (−27.8 to −21.8) | −31.0 (−34.2 to −27.8) | 2.3 (0.1 to 4.5) | −0.9 (−1.6 to −0.3) |
Cote d’Ivoire | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −16.2 (−22.5 to −9.9) | −16.5 (−23.7 to −9.4) | −1.2 (−3.0 to 0.5) | −1.0 (−4.5 to 2.4) |
Gambia | 65–67 vs 95–97 | 3.6 (−2.9 to 10.0) | 1.5 (−5.5 to 8.5) | – | – |
Ghana | 65–67 vs 86–88 | −3.6 (−6.2 to −1.1) | – | – | – |
Guinea | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −5.5 (−7.4 to −3.5) | −11.8 (−14.7 to −8.9) | 6.3 (3.8 to 8.7) | −1.9 (−4.5 to 0.8) |
Mali | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −0.9 (−3.3 to 1.5) | −15.1 (−19.3 to −10.8) | 9.9 (6.7 to 13.0) | 8.5 (5.2 to 11.7) |
Niger | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −2.2 (−3.3 to −1.1) | −0.8 (−1.8 to 0.2) | – | – |
Nigeria | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −22.6 (−24.9 to −20.2) | −16.0 (−18.2 to −13.9) | −0.9 (−1.6 to −0.02) | −1.4 (−2.0 to −0.7) |
Senegal | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −4.6 (−7.6 to −1.6) | −6.8 (−9.3 to 4.3) | 0.0 (−1.3 to 1.3) | −1.9 (−3.2 to −0.7) |
Sierra Leone | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −23.3 (−25.9 to −20.7) | −22.2 (−25.7 to −18.7) | −2.5 (−4.0 to −1.0) | 2.8 (0.3 to 5.3) |
Togo | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −7.5 (−10.3 to −4.8) | −7.0 (−9.6 to −4.5) | – | −1.2 (−2.2 to −0.1) |
Eastern Africa | |||||
Ethiopia | 65–67 vs 86–88 | −18.9 (−22.4 to −15.3) | – | – | −1.4 (−2.6 to −0.01) |
Kenya | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −26.7 (−30.1 to −23.2) | −25.7 (−31.5 to −20.0) | −0.2 (−0.5 to 0.2) | −3.2 (−4.8 to −1.6) |
Tanzania | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −15.4 (−17.7 to −13.1) | −14.4 (−17.1 to −11.7) | −0.1 (−0.5 to 0.2) | −0.5 (−1.3 to 0.3) |
Uganda | 65–67 vs 92–94 | −0.5 (−1.8 to 0.7) | – | – | – |
Central and Southern Africa | |||||
Cameroon | 65–67 vs 86–88 | −0.5 (−1.8 to 0.8) | 0.1 (−0.9 to 1.1) | – | – |
Central African Republic | 65–67 vs 77–79 | −10.6 (−15.9 to −5.3) | – | – | – |
Chad | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −9.6 (−15.2 to −4.0) | −14.3 (−19.3 to −9.3) | 4.2 (0.4 to 7.9) | 2.0 (0.6 to 3.3) |
Swaziland | 65–67 vs 89–91 | −0.2 (−1.9 to 1.5) | – | – | – |
Middle East | |||||
Egypt | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −7.2 (−10.3 to −4.0) | – | – | – |
Yemen | 65–67 vs 95–97 | −7.3 (−11.5 to −3.0) | – | – | – |
FGM, female genital mutilation; PD, prevalence difference.