Female Genital Mutilation in Infants and Young Girls: Report of Sixty Cases Observed at the General Hospital of Abobo (Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa)

Table 2

Characteristics of infants and young girls undergone FGM.

Patients’ characteristics	Number (%)
Age at FGM practice (years)^1
<1	19 (31.7)
(1–5)	29 (48.3)
(5–10)	12 (20.0)
FGM classification (WHO)
Type I	8 (13.3)
Type II	52 (86.7)
Symptoms reported after FGM^2
Pain	60 (100.0)
Fever	47 (78.3)
Minimal bleeding	60 (100.0)

1Areas where FGM took place: Abobo and Adjamé (35 or 58% in Abidjan); Korhogo, Ferkessedougou, Odienne, and Boundiali: 11 (Northern region of Cote d’Ivoire); Kaye, Mopti, Boroni, and Bonangoro 14 (23%) in Mali. All the FGMs were performed in circumcisers’ home with knives, razors, or blades.
²Each girl could have one or more symptoms.