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.