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1-Setting: The study was carried on at Kirkuk governorate hospitals, department of gynecology and obs Background: Uterine fibroid are benign tumors of women uterus, affect female in reproductive age group. Objective: To detect vitamin D deficient female and frequency of uterine fibroid. Patients and Methods: tetrics. 2-Methods: The study conducted on women with uterine fibroid, their age was ranging from 21-50 years. Vitamin D in serum was estimated using fluorescence immunoassay method. Results: It was found that vitamin D levels differ significantly between different age groups while there was no significant in relation to parity. Patients with bleeding had lowest vitamin level (11.74±4.92) while asymptomatic patients had highest value of vitamin D(17.16 4±10.79 ). Educated women had lower vitamin level than uneducated ones. Conclusion: Symptomatic patients and educated women had lower Vitamin D level than asymptomatic and uneducated ones