Table 3. Analysis of the annual epidemiological indicators of leprosy during the total study period in the municipality of Palmas, Tocantins State.
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epidemiological Indicators | |||||||||||
| 1 - Annual leprosy prevalence rate per 10 thousand inhabitants | |||||||||||
| Rate (10 K inhab.) | 12.8 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 30.3 | 24.9 |
| 2 - Annual detection rate of new leprosy cases per 100 thousand inhabitants | |||||||||||
| Rate (100 K inhab.) | 109.9 | 115.8 | 98.1 | 77.5 | 57.8 | 66.9 | 48.9 | 59.2 | 58.7 | 239.4 | 184.1 |
| 3 - Annual detection rate of new leprosy cases, in the population from zero to 14 years old, per 100 thousandinhabitants | |||||||||||
| Rate (100 K inhab.) | 28.7 | 21.8 | 25.9 | 19.6 | 17.6 | 12.8 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 23.1 | 85.1 | 68.1 |
| 4 - Rate of new leprosy cases with grade 2 physical disability at the time of diagnosis per 100 thousand inhabitants | |||||||||||
| Rate (100 K inhab.) | 8.4 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.9 | 16.4 | 15.7 |
| 5 - Proportion of leprosy cases with grade 2 physical disability at the time of diagnosis among the new cases detected and evaluated in the year | |||||||||||
| % | 7.7 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 6.9 | 8.5 |
| 6 - Proportion of leprosy cases cured with grade 2 physical disability among the cases evaluated at the time of discharge for cure in the year | |||||||||||
| % | 80.0 | 100.0 | 77.8 | 44.4 | 100.0 | 75.0 | 88.9 | 54.5 | 68.8 | 71.7 | 37.8 |
| 7 - Proportion of leprosy cases, according to gender, among the total of new cases | |||||||||||
| % male | 50.5 | 57.7 | 62.2 | 62.1 | 61.0 | 63.0 | 51.6 | 63.1 | 62.5 | 47.3 | 49.8 |
| 8 - Proportion of cases according to operational classification among the total of new cases | |||||||||||
| % multibacillary | 42.3 | 41.8 | 49.2 | 54.2 | 52.2 | 58.0 | 50.8 | 62.4 | 76.3 | 93.4 | 97.2 |
| 9 - Detection rate of new cases according to race/ color per 100 thousand inhabitants | |||||||||||
| White | 30.8 | 29.3 | 17.5 | 15.3 | 11.9 | 9.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 8.8 | 35.4 | 26.8 |
| Black | 11.2 | 14.1 | 11.1 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 8.7 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 8.1 | 33.9 | 20.2 |
| Yellow | 3.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 14.7 | 18.1 |
| Mixed ethnicity | 63.3 | 70.6 | 67.3 | 52.6 | 37.4 | 45.4 | 33.3 | 38.4 | 38.1 | 152.2 | 116.1 |
| Indigenous | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Ignored | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| Operational Indicators | |||||||||||
| 1 - Proportion of leprosy cure among new cases diagnosed in the years of the cohorts | |||||||||||
| % | 71.4 | 91.1 | 94.0 | 96.2 | 93.1 | 86.2 | 90.6 | 95.3 | 97.1 | 92.9 | 92.4 |
| 2 - Proportion of leprosy cases in treatment abandonment among new cases diagnosed in the years of the cohorts | |||||||||||
| % | 28.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 0 | 3.6 | 6.8 |
| 3 - Proportion of examined contacts of new leprosy cases diagnosed in the years of the cohorts | |||||||||||
| % | 90.3 | 75.0 | 82.8 | 86.8 | 87.3 | 92.2 | 92.4 | 92.6 | 93.0 | 93.1 | 92.9 |
| 4 - Proportion of recurrence cases among the cases notified in the year | |||||||||||
| % | 4.8 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| 5 - Proportion of new leprosy cases with degree of physical disability assessed at diagnosis | |||||||||||
| % | 91.9 | 97.1 | 96.8 | 97.7 | 91.2 | 92.5 | 98.4 | 96.3 | 97.6 | 95.4 | 98.8 |
| 6 - Proportion of cases cured in the year with degree of physical disability assessed among new cases * | |||||||||||
| % | 59.9 | 71.8 | 64.8 | 67.9 | 79.3 | 77.8 | 77.4 | 82.8 | 74.6 | 67.4 | 63.6 |
N = Number of cases per year; % = Simple frequency of cases per year; * Calculation performed following the cohort parameters of the Ministry of Health, using the sum of the cohort of the two years prior to the year presented.