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Table 2 Percentage of women in Burkina Faso experiencing FGM by age-group and year of interview

From: Trends and protective factors of female genital mutilation in Burkina Faso: 1999 to 2010

Age at circumcision

1999

2003

2010

0 to 5 years

34.2

58.6

69.0

6 to 10 years

30.5

26.4

24.9

11 to 15 years

5.5

5.5

5.2

16 years and more

1.0

0.6

0.6

Don’t know

28.9

8.9

0.3

 

N = 4616

N = 9524

N = 12923

  1. Sources of data: DHS 1999, 2003, 2010, Chi square test P value <0.001.