Table 2.
Sociodemographic profile of leprosy from 2000 to 2019, according to sex, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
| Characteristics | Sex |
Total | %a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | n = 4233 | ||
| Age group | ||||
| 0‒14 | 34 (0.8) | 43 (1.1) | 77 | 1.9 |
| 15‒29 | 219 (5.3) | 234 (5.6) | 453 | 10.9 |
| 30‒49 | 623 (15.0) | 664 (16.0) | 1287 | 31.0 |
| 50‒60 | 579 (14.0) | 591 (14.2) | 1170 | 28.2 |
| 61‒79 | 495 (11.9) | 581 (14.0) | 1076 | 25.9 |
| 80 or older | 50 (1.2) | 38 (0.9) | 88 | 2.1 |
| Missing data | ‒ | ‒ | 82 | ‒ |
| Race/Skin color | ||||
| White | 1558 (41.0) | 1544 (40.7) | 3102 | 81.7 |
| Black | 76 (2.0) | 110 (2.9) | 186 | 4.9 |
| Brown | 184 (4.8) | 283 (7.5) | 467 | 12.3 |
| Yellow | 11 (0.2) | 16 (0.4) | 27 | 0.7 |
| Indigenous | 6 (0.2) | 9 (0.2) | 15 | 0.4 |
| Missing data | ‒ | ‒ | 436 | ‒ |
| Level of schooling | ||||
| Illiterate | 117 (3.3) | 137 (3.8) | 254 | 7.1 |
| 1st to 4th grade of Elementary School | 530 (14.8) | 614 (17.1) | 1144 | 31.9 |
| 5th to 8th grade of Elementary School | 581 (16.2) | 627 (17.5) | 1208 | 33.7 |
| Complete Elementary School | 87 (2.4) | 107 (3.0) | 194 | 5.4 |
| Incomplete High School | 164 (4.6) | 181 (5.0) | 345 | 9.6 |
| Complete High School | 106 (2.9) | 74 (2.1) | 180 | 5.0 |
| Incomplete Higher Education | 23 (0.6) | 26 (0.8) | 49 | 1.4 |
| Complete Higher Education | 133 (3.7) | 80 (2.2) | 213 | 5.9 |
| Missing data | ‒ | ‒ | 646 | ‒ |
| Area of residence | ||||
| Urban | 1680 (42.4) | 1664 (42.0) | 3344 | 84.4 |
| Rural | 265 (6.7) | 310 (7.8) | 575 | 14.5 |
| Peri-urban | 17 (0.4) | 22 (0.6) | 39 | 1.0 |
| Missing data | ‒ | ‒ | 557 | ‒ |
a
Percentages were calculated disregarding missing data.