Table 2. Distribution of the American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) according to the regions of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 2004 to 2013, based on the studied variables .
Variables | Regions | |||||||
Northwestern | Northern | Mountain | Mid-southern | Metropolitan | Coastal lowland | Middle Paraíba | Costa Verde | |
Number of cases (%) | 67 (4.55) | 61 (4.14) | 132 (8.97) | 61 (4.14) | 843 (57.34) | 64 (4.35) | 35 (2.38) | 207 (14.08) |
Evolution to death | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Clinical Form Cutaneous Mucosal Unknown | 61 6 0 | 58 3 0 | 124 8 0 | 59 2 0 | 707 132 4 | 54 10 0 | 34 1 0 | 195 12 0 |
Gender Male Female Unknown | 43 24 0 | 31 30 0 | 72 60 0 | 37 24 0 | 553 290 0 | 43 21 0 | 19 16 0 | 124 83 0 |
Age group < 1 1-9 10-19 20-39 40-59 60-69 >70 Unknown | 1 3 4 19 30 5 5 0 | 2 4 7 18 21 5 4 0 | 0 7 19 37 41 12 16 0 | 0 2 5 17 28 4 5 0 | 4 44 117 292 245 86 55 0 | 1 6 7 18 21 7 4 0 | 0 1 7 13 10 1 3 0 | 1 20 32 63 69 12 8 2 |
Ethnic group White Black Yellow Mixed* Indigenous Unknown | 38 6 1 16 0 6 | 14 4 1 11 0 31 | 73 26 0 17 0 16 | 28 9 0 16 1 7 | 396 100 2 198 0 147 | 30 6 0 14 0 14 | 23 5 1 4 0 2 | 129 22 1 38 1 16 |
Source: Ministério da Saúde8. The age groups arare presented in years. *Mixed ethnicity (mixture of white and black).