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Table 2 Number of vaginal fistula (VF) by survey datasets for the following risk factors: experience of intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV), young age at first sex (<14 years old), young age at first birth (<14 years old), and permission to seek health care

From: Risk factors for vaginal fistula symptoms in Sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of national household survey data

 

IPSVa

Young age at 1st intercourseb

Young age at 1st birthc

Permission to seek health care

Country, Survey, and Year

VF (N)/Sex Violence (N)

VF (N)/No Violence (N)

VF (N)/Young (N)

VF (N)/Old (N)

VF (N)/Young (N)

VF (N)/Old (N)

VF (N)/Big problem (N)

VF (N)/Not big problem (N)

Benin DHS 2011-12

Not Measured

17/1250

83/11681

5/604

84/11918

55/5797

72/10802

Burkina Faso DHS 2010

0/142

11/9859

0/523

18/13971

0/106

16/13129

7/3850

13/13208

Cameroon DHS 2011

5/574

9/3425

3/1396

49/11148

2/526

47/10492

7/2251

22/5195

Chad MICS 2010

1/844

33/11283

5/2165

33/11729

5/908

31/11933

Not Measured

Comoros DHS 2012

2/36

61/2492

9/243

75/3128

2/110

75/2818

34/2405

73/2885

Congo (Brazz.) DHS 2011-12

Not Measured

5/1510

22/8405

0/250

24/8537

15/4752

12/6056

DRC DHS 2007

7/764

10/2082

9/958

32/7268

3/250

32/6890

10/2115

34/7861

Ethiopia DHS 2005

Not Measured

22/1892

72/8172

6/362

87/8964

38/3999

65/10049

Guinea DHS 2012

Not Measured

18/1415

41/6383

5/368

52/6576

Not Measured

Kenya DHS 2008-09

18/626

39/4273

10/597

61/5890

2/189

73/5906

Not Measured

Malawi DHS 2010

7/842

19/4531

22/1904

107/16772

5/536

121/17496

22/2571

110/20421

Mali DHS 2006

0/307

13/8613

0/1554

17/10609

0/525

17/11039

0/2764

18/11787

Mali DHS 2012-13

1/378

19/2742

7/1108

56/7151

3/480

64/8000

30/3063

41/7361

Mauritania MICS 2011

Not Measured

Not Measured

Not Measured

Not Measured

Niger DHS 2006

Not Measured

2/1294

15/6225

1/256

16/6929

1/860

19/8315

Niger DHS 2012

Not Measured

5/1160

10/8356

5/338

11/8865

4/2429

12/8713

Nigeria DHS 2008

5/688

88/18509

21/3221

102/23255

5/1144

114/22552

15/4775

127/28412

Rwanda DHS 2005

14/257

33/1822

0/88

156/5134

0/17

164/5369

9/102

154/5278

Senegal DHS 2010-11

Not Measured

4/1505

12/9717

1/600

16/10052

7/2576

11/13112

Sierra Leone DHS 2013

3/248

39/4027

11/1358

87/12246

9/697

94/11570

30/2686

82/13831

Swaziland MICS 2010

Not Measured

5/118

52/3198

0/9

57/3270

Not Measured

Tanzania DHS 2010

7/695

25/4991

2/498

40/7639

1/96

42/7227

1/229

50/9899

Togo MICS 2010

Not Measured

1/299

22/5417

2/124

18/4592

Not Measured

Togo DHS 2013-14

12/420

52/4949

6/490

76/7416

2/151

78/6789

10/1176

83/8294

Uganda DHS 2006

17/516

25/1225

32/769

158/6214

6/173

189/6231

24/653

177/7815

Uganda DHS 2011

15/423

21/1271

22/822

127/5997

8/292

137/6076

12/475

152/8127

Zambia DHS 2013-14

18/1502

53/7896

4/894

76/12205

3/191

78/12220

4/491

87/15882

  1. VF = Vaginal Fistula; IPSV = Intimate Partner Sexual Violence; DHS = Demographic and Health Survey; MICS = Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey
  2. aAmong married and/or ever married women (or those in a union)
  3. bAmong sexually active women
  4. cAmong primi/multiparous women
  5. The survey-specific total sample sizes can vary by risk factor depending on the number of missing observations and eligibility criteria
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