Table 2. Clinical and social epidemiological characteristics of the cases diagnosed with leprosy, in an endemic municipality in Central-West Brazil (2008–2018).

Variables	Frequency (n = 9739)	%
Gender
Male	5685	58.37
Female	4052	41.60
Not classified/incomplete	2	0.03
Age
<15 years	514	5.28
15 to 59 years	8527	87.55
60 years or more	698	7.17
Education
No schooling	738	7.58
Incomplete elementary education	4279	43.96
Complete elementary education	821	8.43
Incomplete High School Education	736	7.55
Complete high school education	1621	16.64
Incomplete higher education	262	2.70
Complete higher education	552	5.65
Not classified/incomplete	650	6.67
Not applicable	80	0.82
Operational classification
Paucibacillary	2582	26.51
Multibacillary	7095	72.85
Not classified/incomplete	62	0.64
Clinical form
Indeterminate	1118	11,48
Tuberculoid	1456	14,95
Borderline	5535	56,83
Lepromatous	1422	14,60
Not classified/incomplete	208	2,14
Disability grade at diagnosis
Grade 0	3914	40.19
Grade 1	2074	21.30
Grade 2	785	8.06
Not classified/incomplete	2966	30.45