Table 1. Number of women in the FGM/C and control groups in five general practices in the Netherlands
Control group(n = 61)nFGM/C group(n = 68)n
Country of origin
Afghanistan2Egypt8
Armenia3Eritrea7
Azerbaijan1Sierra Leone4
China3Somalia40
Morocco39Sudan9
Pakistan1
Syria1
Taiwan2
Turkey7
Vietnam2
Mean age , years39.8236.13
SD13.5214.76
Range18–7415–74

  • FGM/C = female genital mutilation or cutting; SD = standard deviation