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Table 1 Number and percentage of menstruating girls (average age for each age band is x + 0.5 years)

From: Growth status and menarcheal age among adolescent school girls in Wannune, Benue State, Nigeria

  

Menstruating girls

 

Non-menstruating girls

Age

Total number of girls

n

%

n

12+

30

13

53.4

17

13+

31

18

58.1

13

14+

67

58

86.6

9

15+

115

112

97.4

3

16+

150

147

97.4

3

17+

170

167

97.4

3

18+

159

159

100.0

 

Total

722

674

 

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