Table 3.
Distribution of new leprosy cases detected in Benin by department of origin from 2006 to 2018
| Departments | Number and (detection rate) of new leprosy cases per 100,000 population | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
| Atlantique | 11 (1.21) | 12 (1.27) | 7 (0.72) | 6 (0.6) | 19 (1.83) | 10 (0.93) | 14 (1.26) | 6 (0.43) | 12 (1.01) | 5 (0.41) | 3 (0.24) | 6 (0.46) | 8 (0.59) |
| Littoral | 8 (1.06) | 4 (0.51) | 1 (0.12) | 4 (0.48) | 5 (0.58) | 4 (0.45) | 6 (0.65) | 5 (0.74) | 3 (0.30) | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.29) | 1 (0.09) | 1 (0.09) |
| Mono | 3 (0.73) | 2 (0.47) | 4 (0.91) | 3 (0.66) | 9 (1.93) | 4 (0.83) | 6 (1.20) | 2 (0.40) | 5 (0.94) | 2 (0.36) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.17) | 0 (0) |
| Couffo | 23 (3.98) | 22 (3.57) | 7 (1.1) | 18 (2.73) | 12 (1.76) | 17 (2.42) | 22 (3.03) | 33 (4.45) | 19 (2.45) | 29 (3.63) | 19 (2.30) | 11 (1.29) | 9 (1.02) |
| Zou | 46 (6.74) | 64 (9.07) | 46 (6.31) | 28 (3.72) | 28 (3.60) | 49 (6.1) | 52 (6.27) | 51 (5.99) | 38 (4.29) | 36 (3.94) | 30 (3.18) | 30 (3.08) | 28 (2.78) |
| Collines | 19 (3.12) | 12 (1.90) | 4 (0.61) | 8 (1.19) | 17 (2.45) | 17 (2.37) | 11 (1.48) | 15 (2.09) | 11 (1.39) | 6 (0.73) | 5 (0.59) | 12 (1.38) | 13 (1.44) |
| Ouémé | 7 (0.84) | 8 (0.93) | 3 (0.34) | 6 (0.65) | 8 (0.84) | 10 (1.02) | 5 (0.49) | 7 (0.64) | 4 (0.37) | 1 (0.09) | 10 (0.87) | 1 (0.08) | 5 (0.41) |
| Plateau | 59 (12.74) | 70 (14.62) | 60 (12.13) | 27 (5.28) | 49 (9.28) | 37 (6.78) | 35 (6.21) | 35 (5.61) | 21 (3.50) | 20 (3.22) | 25 (3.90) | 18 (2.72) | 23 (3.37) |
| Borgou | 27 (3.28) | 12 (1.41) | 17 (1.93) | 5 (0.55) | 11 (1.17) | 17 (1.75) | 15 (1.50) | 22 (1.83) | 23 (2.15) | 8 (0.73) | 4 (0.35) | 10 (0.85) | 6 (0.49) |
| Alibori | 10 (1.69) | 1 (0.16) | 9 (1.42) | 3 (0.46) | 2 (0.3) | 1 (0.14) | 2 (0.28) | 2 (0.23) | 3 (0.39) | 2 (0.25) | 5 (0.61) | 1 (0.12) | 0 (0) |
| Atacora | 55 (8.80) | 59 (9.13) | 39 (5.84) | 47 (6.82) | 42 (5.89) | 50 (6.79) | 42 (5.53) | 33 (4.29) | 38 (4.69) | 36 (4.30) | 34 (3.93) | 32 (3.58) | 27 (2.93) |
| Donga | 15 (3.77) | 10 (2.43) | 20 (4.70) | 33 (7.51) | 20 (4.41) | 13 (2.77) | 27 (5.57) | 26 (4.79) | 13 (2.52) | 18 (3.37) | 17 (3.08) | 18 (3.16) | 20 (3.40) |
| Total | 283 (3.68) | 276 (3.47) | 217 (2.64) | 188 (2.21) | 222 (2.53) | 229 (2.52) | 237 (2.53) | 237 (2.37) | 190 (1.90) | 165 (1.6) | 155 (1.45) | 141 (1.33) | 140 (1.23) |