Sexual assault is a serious social problem that affects the women’s life. In Egypt, there is no accurate epidemiologic study on sexual assault although it has undergone a dramatic surge in 2012. The goals of this study are to estimate the prevalence and the characteristics of sexual assault against female in Qalyubia governorate, Egypt. It is a retrospective study evaluating sexual assault against females from 2009 to 2013. Total number of cases of female sexual assault was 130 over the studied years. Mean age of victims was 15.2 (SD ±6) years ranging from 4 to 40 years. 58% fall in age group of 12-18 years. Most victims (61.5%) came from urban areas. Summer was relatively vulnerable season for sexual assault (53.1%), 81.5% of victims was unmarried and 94.6% with normal mentality. The highest percentage of sexual assault crime was found in females with primary education (44.6%). Twenty two (16.9%) of the assailants were considered as intra-familial assault, while (83.1%) were extra-familial. The most common location for assaults was assailant's home (50.8%) and (80%) of victims were exposed to assault by only one assailant. The shortest time between alleged assault and the examination was one day in 12 cases (9.2 %). The most frequent type of assault was complete vaginal penetration (48.55%). The most common type of physical injury was abrasions (48.1%) while the least was burn or broken teeth (1.3% for each). The highest percentage of genital injury was a laceration (36.4%) and the most common location was hymen (36.4%). |
