Table 1.
Clinical and social epidemiological characteristics of georeferenced cases diagnosed with leprosy, in an endemic municipality in Midwest Brazil (2008–2018)
| Variables | Frequency (n = 8389) | % |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Men | 4904 | 58 |
| Woman | 3484 | 42 |
| Not assessed | 1 | 0 |
| Age | ||
| < 15 years | 441 | 5 |
| 15 to 59 year | 6294 | 75 |
| 60 years or more | 1654 | 20 |
| Schooling | ||
| No schooling | 639 | 8 |
| Incomplete elementary education | 3698 | 44 |
| Complete elementary education | 710 | 8 |
| Complete high school education | 1395 | 17 |
| Incomplete high school education | 623 | 7 |
| Incomplete higher education | 218 | 3 |
| Complete higher education | 472 | 6 |
| Not assessed | 567 | 7 |
| Do not apply | 67 | 1 |
| Operacional classification | ||
| Paucibacillary | 2230 | 27 |
| Multibacillary | 6159 | 73 |
| Clínical Form | ||
| Indeterminate | 963 | 11 |
| Tuberculoid | 1294 | 15 |
| Borderline | 4769 | 57 |
| Lepromatous | 1235 | 15 |
| Not assessed | 128 | 2 |
| Degree of disabilitie at the time of diagnosis | ||
| Grade 0 | 3320 | 40 |
| Grade 1 | 1834 | 22 |
| Grade 2 | 748 | 9 |
| Not assessed | 2487 | 30 |