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)) |
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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) |
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Nigeria |
West, Yoruba |
- |
Household survey |
489 |
51.2 |
UN,1C,11/2C,2C |
0.0242 |
Scott-Emuakpor (1974) |
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