TABLE 3: Cases of leprosy in children aged <15 years by clinical form and sex in Buriticupu, Maranhão, in 2003-2015.
Gender | ||||||
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Clinical form | Male | Female | Full | p-value | ||
N | % | N | % | |||
Indeterminate | 8 | 21.1 | 6 | 26.1 | 14 | 0.56 |
Tuberculoid | 15 | 39.4 | 12 | 52.2 | 27 | |
Dimorph | 9 | 23.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 12 | |
Lepromatous | 6 | 15.8 | 2 | 8.7 | 8 |
Chi-square test. Source: Author’s data (2020).