Highest percentage of women with bound feet

The ancient practise of foot binding, which began in 10th Century China until it was banned in 1911, prevented women's feet to grow more than 10 cm (3.9 in). A study in 1997 of 193 women (93 over 80 years old and 100 aged 70 -79) in Beijing, by the University of California, San Francisco, USA,  found 38% of the women in the over 80 group and 18% in the 70's group to have feet deformed by the practise of foot binding.    By the time a girl turned 3-years-old, all her toes but the first were broken, and because of the cloth strips her feet would grow no larger than 10 cm (3.9 inches). SIZE=2