Table 2. Leprosy case notification rate in children (per 100000) in four urban areas with endemic leprosy and all rural areas combined.
| Cebu City | Lapu-Lapu City | Mandaue City | Talisay | Rural/peri-urban areas | |||||||
| Cases | CNR | Cases | CNR | Cases | CNR | Cases | CNR | Cases | CNR | ||
| 2001–2005 | Total | 30 | 12.6 | 22 | 28.0 | 30 | 32.9 | 10 | 14.5 | 61 | 7.7 |
| (period 1) | MB | 19 | 8.0 | 16 | 20.3 | 24 | 26.3 | 4 | 5.8 | 44 | 5.5 |
| PB | 11 | 4.6 | 6 | 7.7 | 6 | 6.6 | 6 | 8.7 | 17 | 2.1 | |
| MB/PB ratio | 1.73 | 2.67 | 4.00 | 0.67 | 2.59 | ||||||
| 2006–2010 | Total | 19 | 7.7 | 19 | 18.0 | 25 | 25.7 | 5 | 6.8 | 72 | 8.5 |
| (period 2) | MB | 13 | 5.3 | 16 | 15.2 | 16 | 16.4 | 5 | 6.8 | 57 | 6.7 |
| PB | 6 | 2.4 | 3 | 2.6 | 9 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1.8 | |
| MB/PB ratio | 2.16 | 5.33 | 1.78 | - | 3.80 | ||||||
| CNR-ratio * | Total | 1.64 | 1.56 | 1.28 | 2.13 | 0.91 | |||||
| p1 versus p2 | MB | 1.51 | 1.34 | 1.60 | 0.85 | 0.83 | |||||
| PB | 1.92 | 2.96 | 0.72 | 1.22 | |||||||
*
As a comparison adult CNR-ratios (period 1 vs. period 2) for Cebu City, LL City, Mandaue City, Talisay and rural areas were 1.97, 1.90, 1.62, 1.67 and 1.58 respectively.