Table 1.

PB leprosy patients by demographic and clinical status, Agra District (UP) India during 2001–2006

	Patients on WHO MDT (872)
Characteristics	%Total (872)	Completed treatment (621)	Defaulted treatment (251)
Age (years)
≤14	12.5	13.8	9.2
15–34	37.8	36.9	40.2
35–54	35.6	36.4	33.5
>54	14.1	12.9	17.1
Mean (SEM)	34.2(0.6)	33.8(0.7)	35.3(1.1)
Sex
Male	45.3	48.1	38.2
Female	54.7	51.9	61.8
Delay in detection (months)
≤12	51.8	49.6	57.4
13–36	32.3	34.0	28.3
>36	15.8	16.4	14.3
Patches
0–2	79.1	78.1	81.7
3–5	20.9	21.9	18.3
Nerves
0	59.7	58.3	63.3
1	40.3	41.7	36.7
Clinical status
I/TT	12.9	12.7	13.5
BT/BTR	84.6	85.0	83.7
N	2.5	2.3	2.8
Smear
+ve	0.2	0.3	0
−Ve	18.4	18.8	17.1
Not done	81.4	80.9	82.9

BT, borderline tuberculoid; BTR, BT with initial type 1 reaction; I, indeterminate; N, neurotic without skin lesions; TT, tuberculoid.