TABLE 2: Cases of leprosy in children aged <15 years by sex, age group, and operational classification in Buriticupu, Maranhão, in 2003-2015.

Operational classification
	Paucibacillary		Multibacillary		Total	p-value
	N	%	N	%
Gender						0.16
Male	23	60.5	15	39.5	38
Female	18	78.3	5	21.7	23
Age group (years)
5-9	6	75.0	2	25.0	8	0.92
10 to <15	35	66.0	18	34.0	53

Chi-square test. Source: Author’s data (2020).