TABLE 1: Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of children with leprosy aged <15 years in Buriticupu, Maranhão, in 2003-2015.

Variables	N	%
Gender
Male	38	62.3
Female	23	37.7
Age group (years)
5-9	8	13.1
10 to <15	53	86.9
Operational classification
Paucibacillary	41	67.2
Multibacillary	20	32.8
Clinical form
Indeterminate	14	23.0
Tuberculoid	27	44.2
Dimorph	12	19.7
Lepromatous	8	13.1
Case source
Autochthonous	57	93.4
Imported	4	6.6
Total	61	100

Source: Author’s data (2020).