Prevalence of female genital cutting among Egyptian girls
Mohammed A Tag-Eldin, Mohsen A Gadallah, Mahmoud N Al-Tayeb, Mostafa Abdel-Aty, Esmat Mansour, Mona Sallem
Volume 86, Number 4, April 2008, 269-274
Table 3. Age at the time of FGC
| Governorates |
Range (years) |
Mean ± SD |
| Cairo | 7–14 | 9.9 ± 1.4 |
| Alexandria | 7–13 | 10.5 ± 1.5 |
| Sharkia | 8–14 | 11.1 ± 1.3 |
| Dakahlyia | 7–14 | 10.6 ± 1.4 |
| Demiatta | 8–14 | 11.3 ± 1.4 |
| Port Said | 7–13 | 10.7 ± 1.4 |
| North Sinai | 5–13 | 10.0 ± 1.7 |
| Bani Suif | 9–15 | 11.0 ± 1.4 |
| Assuit | 5–14 | 9.7 ± 1.7 |
| Luxor city |
< 1 month–15 years |
3.8 ± 3.2 |
| < |
FGC, female genital cutting; SD, standard deviation.