CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE IN AFRICA
Region/country Location/ community Collection period Study population Sample size Consanguinity(%) Consanguinity types Coefficient of inbreeding (a) Reference DOI/PMID/URL
Tanzania Pangani, Muslim - Household survey 503 37.8 1C 0.0236 Tanner (1958) PMID: 21260742
Algeria Algeria, urban 1970 Civil registration - 27.5 1C,2C 0.0136 Benallègue & Kedji (1984) PMID:6487047
Algeria Algeria, rural 1970 Civil registration - 34 1C,2C 0.0169 Benallègue & Kedji (1984) PMID:6487047
Algeria All-Algeria 1979 Civil registration 120491 22.6 1C,2C - Benallègue & Kedji (1984) PMID:6487047
Egypt Alexandria 1961/64 Obstetric inpatients 9475 32.8 >1C,1C,<1C - Stevenson et al. (1966) PMID: 5296840
Egypt Nubia 1965/67 Household survey 281 60.5 1C,<1C 0.0245 Hussien (1971) DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000008026
Egypt Nubia, Fadetchi 1967/68 Household survey 611 61.4 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0329 Badr (1972) DOI: 10.1159/000152515
Egypt Nubia, Kenuzi 1967/68 Household survey 757 0.62 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0335 Badr (1972) DOI: 10.1159/000152515
Egypt Nubia, Arabs 1967/68 Household survey 414 69.8 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0338 Badr (1972) DOI: 10.1159/000152515
Egypt All-Nubia 1967/68 Household survey 1782 63.6 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0334 Badr (1972) DOI: 10.1159/000152515
Egypt All-Egypt 1970s Household survey 505 23.2 1C 0.0145 Habib & Böök (1983) DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1983.tb00894.x
Egypt All-Egypt, urban - School/ workplace survey 7646 22.1 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0092 Hafez et al. (1983) DOI: 10.1136/jmg.20.1.58
Egypt All-Egypt, suburban - School survey/ hospital outpatients 11280 26.8 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0105 Hafez et al. (1983) DOI: 10.1136/jmg.20.1.58
Egypt All-Egypt, rural - Household survey 7628 39.1 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0147 Hafez et al. (1983) DOI: 10.1136/jmg.20.1.58
Egypt All-Egypt - Household/ school/ workplace survey/hospital outpatients 26554 29 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0101 Hafez et al. (1983) DOI: 10.1136/jmg.20.1.58
Egypt Alexandria 1998/00 General population 2081 15.9 1C 0.0099 Mokhtar & Abdel-Fattah (2001) DOI: 10.1023/a:1014567800950
Egypt All-Egypt - Hospital outpatients 10000 23.3 D1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0135 Shawky et al. (2011) DOI:10.1016/j.ejmhg.2011.07.001
Egypt South Sinai - General population 3961 37.5 D1C,1C,2C 0.0185 Yamamah et al. (2013) DOI: 10.1017/S002193201200020X
Libya Benghazi 1982/85 Family clinic 636 37.6 1C,2C 0.0209 Abudejaja et al. (1987) DOI: 10.1093/fampra/4.1.19
Morocco All-Morocco 1982/92 Marriage registration 4773 19.9 1C,2C 0.0089 Lamdouar Bouazzaoui (1994) PMID: 7994577
Morocco Marrakesh Berber 1985/98 Genealogical/ household survey 438 21.9 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0092 Cherkaoui et al. (2005) DOI:10.1007/BF02443058
Morocco Rabat 2004/2005 Hospital-based survey 263 20 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0103 Hami et al. (2007))  
Morocco Tanger-Tétuan 2014 University students 160 35.6 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0204 Hardouz et al. (2014) DOI: 10.9790/3008-09626167
Morocco Tétouan-M’diq-fnideq 2016 University students 201 25.4 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0117 Hajjaji et al. (2018) DOI: 10.19044/esj.2018.v14n25p63
Sudan Gezira 1969/74 Household survey 2999 44.2 1C 0.0028 Ahmed (1979) DOI: 10.1192/bjp.134.6.635
Sudan Khartoum, Nilote - Blood donors 345 18.3 1C,2C 0.0101 Saha & El Sheikh (1988) DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000006660
Sudan Khartoum, Negroid - Blood donors 302 45.7 1C,2C 0.0255 Saha & El Sheikh (1988) DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000006660
Sudan Khartoum, Arabs - Blood donors 4186 55.2 1C,2C 0.0322 Saha & El Sheikh (1988) DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000006660
Sudan All-Khartoum - Blood donors 4833 52 1C,2C 0.0302 Saha & El Sheikh (1988) DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000006660
Tunisia North - Obstetric inpatients 5767 26.9 >1C,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0213 Riou et al. (1989) PMID: 2756579
South Africa Capetown, Cape Coloured 1961/64 Obstetric inpatients 3014 0.7 >1C,1C,<1C - Stevenson et al. (1966) https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/263362
South Africa Johannesburg 1961/64 Obstetric inpatients 10909 0.4 >1C,1C,<1C - Stevenson et al. (1966) https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/263362
South Africa Pretoria, Bantu 1961/64 Obstetric inpatients 9831 6.1 >1C,1C,<1C - Stevenson et al(1966).  https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/263362
Burkina Faso North, Fulani - Household survey 308 65.8 1C,2C 0.0355 Hampshire & Smith (2001) DOI: 10.1353/hub.2001.0051
Guinea Fouta-Djallon, Tarambali-Dionfo - Household survey 739 25.9 1C,11/2C,2C 0.0131 Chantrelle & Dupire (1964)  
Nigeria West, Yoruba - Household survey 489 51.2 UN,1C,11/2C,2C 0.0242 Scott-Emuakpor (1974)