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. 2016 Sep 22;58:71. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946201658071

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).