A retrospective review of genital fistula occurrence in nine African countries

Table 2 Circumstantial origin of women's genital fistulas, by country

Circumstantial origin of genital fistula	Tanzania		Uganda		Kenya		Malawi		Zambia		Rwanda		Ethiopia		Somalia		South Sudan		Total
Vaginal birth	1047	47.3%	620	40.6%	520	46.0%	291	44.0%	73	43.5%	204	48.8%	87	79.1%	232	73.4%	160	66.1%	3234	47.6%
Cesarean birth	1069	48.3%	844	55.3%	552	48.8%	341	51.5%	88	52.4%	202	48.3%	16	14.5%	73	23.1%	77	31.8%	3262	48.1%
Gynecological surgery	78	3.5%	52	3.4%	41	3.6%	22	3.3%	5	3.0%	10	2.4%	2	1.8%	2	0.6%	3	1.2%	215	3.2%
Other	19	0.9%	11	0.7%	18	1.6%	8	1.2%	2	1.2%	2	0.5%	5	4.5%	9	2.8%	2	0.8%	76	1.1%
Total	2213		1527		1131		662		168		418		110		316		242		6787

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