Table 2. Demographic characterization of Leprosy and Non-Leprosy groups.

Groups	No Leprosy (n = 1216)		Leprosy (n = 34)		z	p
	n	%	N	%
Age (years)
Median	30		31.5			0.31
Max	76		52
Min	18		19
Age range	n	%	N	%	z	p
< 20	44	3.6	2	5.9	0.69	0.49
20 |— 29	529	43.5	13	38.2	0.61	0.54
30 |— 39	455	37.4	13	38.2	0.10	0.92
40 |— 49	134	11.0	5	14.7	0.67	0.50
≥50	54	4.4	1	2.9	0.42	0.67
State of birth	N	%	N	%	z	p
São Paulo	1012	83.2	27	79.4	0.59	0.56
Bahia	31	2.5	2	5.9	1.2	0.23
Alagoas	4	0.3	2	5.9	4.62	< 0.001
Pernambuco	20	1.6	1	2.9	0.58	0.56
Minas Gerais	47	3.9	1	2.9	0.28	0.78
Paraná	48	3.9	1	2.9	0.28	0.78
Ceará	10	0.8	0	0
Piauí	8	0.7	0	0
Paraíba	6	0.5	0	0
Goiás	5	0.4	0	0
Maranhão	4	0.3	0	0
Mato Grosso	4	0.4	0	0
Rio Grande do Norte	4	0.3	0	0
Amazonas	2	0.2	0	0
Pará	2	0.2	0	0
Mato Grosso do Sul	2	0.2	0	0
Rio Grande do Sul	2	0.2	0	0
Sergipe	1	0.1	0	0
Rio de Janeiro	1	0.1	0	0
Distrito Federal	1	0.1	0	0
Acre	1	0.1	0	0