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. 2019 Nov 29;19:1016. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4601-3

Table 1.

Leprosy indicators for Uganda

Indicators for Uganda Location 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
The number of new leprosy cases National level 271 242 275 238 214
The New Case Detection Rate/100,000 0.83 0.72 0.79 0.67 0.58
The proportion of children <15 9% 5% 6% 5% 6%
The number and proportion of females 48% 45% 50% 43% 47%
The MB proportion of new cases 86% 84% 89% 90% 86%
The proportion of new cases presenting with grade 2 disabilities National level 24% 33% 28% 25% 22%
Northern region 17% 28% 20% 16% 12%