Table 1.
Summary of the available reports on prevalence and incidence data for Leprosy in Italy (1925 - 2019). Notes: * = year of data analysis; FBP = foreign-born people; MB = multibacillary
| Incidence Data | Prevalence Data | |||||||||||||
| Reference | Level | Timeframe | All notified cases | (No.) cases by year | Year* | Prevalent cases (No.) | Age at diagnosis (mean) | Males (%) | FBP (%) | Lepromatous (%) | Tuberculoid (%) | Borderline (%) | Indefinite (%) | MB (%) |
| Greco D, Galanti MR (9) | Nationwide, all cases | 1920-1980 | 734 | 12.3 | 1979 | 547 | 37.8 | 60.0% | 17.2% | 62.2% | 15.4% | 9.5% | 2.9% | - |
| Greco D, Galanti MR, Moro ML (12) | Nationwide, all cases | 1920-1980 | 678 | 11.1 | 1980 | 547 | 37.7 | 59.9% | 19.3% | 69.3% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 3.2% | - |
| National Health Institute (24) | Nationwide, all cases | 1955-1979 | 424 | 17.4 | 1981 | 543 | - | 61.1% | 18.8% | 73.6% | 20.2% | 6.4% | - | - |
| Terni M, Signorini FL (11) | Nationwide, all cases | 1925-1948 | 839 | 35.0 | 1947 | 364 | - | 59.0% | 23.1% | - | - | - | - | - |
| Massone C et al. (5) | Nationwide, Only FBP | 2003-2009 | 59 | 9.8 | 2011 | 59 | 30.2 | 69.5% | 100% | 27.1% | 3.4% | 69.5% | - | 51% |
| AIFO 2007 (25) | Nationwide, all cases | 1970-2006 | 351 | 9.5 | 2007 | 351 | - | - | 47.0% | - | - | - | - | - |
| AIFO 2006 (26) | Nationwide, all cases | 1970-2004 | 337 | 9.6 | 2006 | 337 | 36.5 | 64.0% | 44.8% | - | - | - | - | - |
| ISTAT (27) | Nationwide, all cases | 1992-2001 | 23 | 2.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WHO (2,6,23,7,16-22) | Nationawide, all cases | 2005-2017 | 27 | 2.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |