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The objective of this study is to perform a descriptive analysis to estimate the length of the perineal body in women of childbearing age in the jungle of Peru in 2023. Methodology: descriptive, prospective research in 100 women (84 non-pregnant and 16 pregnant) aged 21 to 40 years, identified by non-probabilistic sampling, of the total number of women who attended from May to October 2023. Participation was voluntary, and the condition did not present pathologies or lesions at the level of the perineal body, such as episiotomies or poorly healed tears, tumors or condylomas; a measurement protocol was used. Results: the length of the perineal body of jungle women on average is 2.98 ±0.24 cm; 50% of the women had measurements below 2.95cm, the shortest perineum was 1.80 cm and the longest 4.50 cm; 25% exhibited a length below 2.60cm, and 50% below 2.95cm and 75% below 3.30 cm, understand...