01660nas a2200373   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001500059653001000074653001600084653000900100653001000109653002100119653002600140653001100166653001100177653001100188653001200199653000900211653001600220653001600236653001700252653001800269100001500287700001400302700001700316245006700333856008800400300001100488490000800499050001500507520075000522022001401272       1985                            d  c1985 Nov-Dec10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAge Factors10aAged10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aEpidemiologic Methods10aFemale10aHumans10aInfant10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aSex Factors10aTime Factors10aUnited States1 aJoseph B Z1 aYoder L J1 aJacobson R R00aHansen's disease in native-born citizens of the United States.  uhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1425322/pdf/pubhealthrep00096-0112.pdf  a666-710 v100  aJOSEPH19853 a<p>This paper presents a statistical analysis of data on 1,309 Hansen's disease (HD) patients born in the continental United States during the 50 year period 1932-81. Fifty-six percent of them were born in Texas. The cases of 66 percent were classed as multibacillary, 31 percent were considered paucibacillary, and the type was unknown for 3 percent. Blacks and whites appeared to be equally susceptible to Hansen's disease. Thirty percent had a history of contact with Hansen's disease. The age at diagnosis has increased an average of 2.7 years per decade, and the increase has accelerated in the last two decades. If the present trend continues, Hansen's disease among native-born citizens of the United States will ultimately disappear.</p>  a0033-3549