Table 2.
General characteristics for male and female cases of leprosy in the study population, by age group (n = 90)
| Age group (years) | Male | Female | Total no. of cases n (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases n (%) | Multibacillary n/N (%) | Disability grade II n/N (%) | Cases n (%) | Multibacillary n/N (%) | Disability grade II n/N (%) | ||
| 5–14 | 5 (10·2) | 0/5 (0) | 0/5 (0) | 9 (22·0) | 0/9 (0) | 0/9 (0) | 14 (15·6) |
| 15–39 | 28 (57·1) | 5/28 (17·9) | 1/28 (3·6) | 20 (48·8) | 4/20 (20) | 0/20 (0) | 48 (53·3) |
| ⩾40 | 16 (32·6) | 5/16 (31·3) | 4/16 (25·0) | 12 (29·3) | 5/12 (41·7) | 1/12 (8·3) | 28 (31·1) |
| Total | 49 (100) | 10/49 (20·4) | 5/49 (10·2) | 41 (100) | 9/41 (22·0) | 1/41 (2·4) | 90 (100) |