Table 2.
Evolution of leprosy cases among foreign-born persons detected from 2006 to 2018 in Benin
| Foreign countries | Number and (percentage) of new leprosy cases detected in Benin among foreign-born persons per year | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Total | |
| Nigeria | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 90 (85.21) |
| Togo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 (6.67) |
| Niger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (4.76) |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.9) |
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.95) |
| Total | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 105 (100) |