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Table 1 High-low and no trends of FGM prevalence rates, p-value ≤ 0.10, and its compound annual growth rate, percentages, 1990–2020

From: Female genital mutilation: trends, economic burden of delay and basis for public health interventions

Country

Income category

Start prevalence rate

(%)

Start year

Last prevalence rate

(%)

End year

Significance

(P-value < 0,10)

CAGR (%)

High decreasing rates: 5 countries with the highest

    

Uganda

Low

5

1990

0,3

2016

*

-10,26

Togo

Low

50

1990

3

2017

*

-9,79

Ghana

Low-middle

30

1990

2,4

2018

*

-8,63

Benin

Low-middle

50

1990

9

2014

*

-6,81

Kenya

Low-middle

50

1990

21

2014

*

-3,55

Low decreasing rates: 5 countries with the lowest

    

Mali

Low

94

1990

89

2018

*

-0,21

Djibouti

Low-middle

98

1990

90

2019

*

-0,29

Gambia

Low

80

1990

73

2020

*

-0,30

Egypt

Low-middle

97

1990

87

2015

*

-0,43

Cote d’Ivoire

Low-middle

43

1990

37

2016

*

-0,61

No trends: 5 countries with the highest prevalence

    

Somalia

Low

98

1990

99

2020

 

0,03

Guinea

Low

60

1990

95

2018

 

1,64

Sudan

Low

89

1990

87

2014

 

-0,12

Sierra Leone

Low

90

1990

83

2019

 

-0,28

Eritrea

Low

90

1990

83

2010

 

-0,40

  1. NOTE: The column Significance shows the result from the linear regression to show a trendline with a single asterisk used to express P ≤ 0.10. And CAGR stands for compound annual growth rate that is another measure to show an average year-change