Female Genital Mutilation in Sierra Leone: Forms, Reliability of Reported Status, and Accuracy of Related Demographic and Health Survey Questions

Table 4

Forms and type of FGM derived from observed anatomical description of clitoris, labia minora and labia majora.

Combinations	Frequency per combination	Combination percentage (%)**	Equivalent to WHO; typology	Type % of clinically determined FGM
Clitoris, labia minora, and majora all present	103		Uncut
Clitoris partially removed with labia minora and majora present	14	3.1	Ib	31.7
Clitoris totally absent with labia minora and majora present	129	28.6	Ib
Clitoris partially removed, labia minora partially removed, and majora present	11	2.4	IIb	64.1
Clitoris partially removed, labia minora absent and labia majora present	5	1.1	IIb
Clitoris absent, labia minora partially removed, and labia majora present	124	27.5	IIb
Clitoris absent, labia minora absent, and labia majora present	149	33	IIb
Clitoris absent, labia minora, and majora partially removed	6	1.3	IIc	4.2
Clitoris absent, labia minora absent, and labia majora partially removed	13	2.9	IIc
	554***	100

∗∗Taking 451 (the total number of respondents with FGM) as denominator.
***A total of 554 females completed genital inspection.