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. 2021 Jul 23;54:e0251-2021. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0251-2021

TABLE 2: Incident cases of Hansen's disease per million population in Brazilian macroregions within 2017-2019 and in 2020.

Macroregions of 2010-2019 2020
Brazil Incidence rate Incidence rate Incidence ratio p*
(95%CI) (95%CI) (95%CI)
North 413 216 0.52 < 0.001
(403 - 422) (209 - 223) (0.50 - 0.54)
Northeast 277 143 0.51 < 0.001
(273 - 281) (140 - 146) (0.50 - 0.53)
Southwest 65 27 0.42 < 0.001
(63 - 67) (26 - 28) (0.40 - 0.44)
South 45 21 0.47 < 0.001
(43 - 48) (19 - 23) (0.43 - 0.52)
Midwest 46 27 0.59 < 0.001
(44 - 47) (26 - 28) (0.56 - 0.61)
Total 181 94 0.51 < 0.001
(179 - 183) (92 - 95) (0.50 - 0.52)

HD: Hansen's disease; CI: Confidence interval; * p-value: obtained by chi-square Chi2-statistic.