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Table 2 Place of assault, forensic medical examination, and evidence findings

From: Sexual Assault of Women in the region of Kairouan, Tunisia: an 8-year retrospective study on epidemiological and medicolegal characteristics

Variable

Number

Percentage (%)

Place of the assault

 Assailant’s house

159

73.61

 Victim’s house

24

11.11

 Public place

25

11.57

 Workplace

5

2.31

 Other

3

1.39

General body trauma

89

41.2

Type:

 Bruises

63

70.8

 Superficial abrasions

46

51.7

 Cigarette burns

5

5.6

 Wounds

4

4.5

Location:

 Thigh

61

68.5

 The upper arm

43

48.3

 Chest/breasts

28

31.5

 Face and neck

25

28.1

Genital findings

 Old hymeneal transection

150

69.4

 Recent hymeneal transection

38

17.6

 Complacent hymen

5

2.3

Injury to the anal area

38

17.6

 Recent anal injury

18

8.3

 Old anal injury

20

9.3

Forensic collection and evidence finding

 Vaginal sperm detection

22

28.2

 Pregnancy

16

7.4