01682nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653002200055653001700077653002000094653001500114653004000129653001100169653002300180653001100203653001400214653001200228653000900240653003000249653002600279653001600305653001000321100001500331700001200346700001500358700001600373245005300389300001100442490000700453050001500460520083100475022001401306       1999                            d  c1999 Mar10aAfrican Americans10aAge of Onset10aAsian Americans10aDemography10aEuropean Continental Ancestry Group10aFemale10aHispanic Americans10aHumans10aIncidence10aleprosy10aMale10aResidence Characteristics10aRetrospective Studies10aSex Factors10aTexas1 aTaylor J P1 aVitek I1 aEnriquez V1 aSmedley J W00aA continuing focus of Hansen's disease in Texas.  a449-520 v60  aTAYLOR19993 a<p>To describe epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of Hansen's disease cases in Texas, information was abstracted from records of 810 patients reported from 1973 through 1997. Annually, from 18 to 54 patients were reported. Average annual incidence rates ranged from 1.9 to 2.4 cases per million population. A majority of the patients were male (63%) and white (77%). More than half (53%) of the patients were born in the United States; a majority (83%) of the patients born in the United States were born in Texas. Most (76%) patients were diagnosed with multi-bacillary leprosy. Foreign-born patients were more likely to be younger at onset and have multi-bacillary disease compared with patients born in the United States. Within Texas, an endemic focus of Hansen's disease exists along the Gulf of Mexico coast.</p>  a0002-9637