01549nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653001600080653000900096653001000105653002100115653001100136653001100147653001000158653001100168653002000179653001200199653000900211653001600220653002100236653001600257100001000273700001700283700001300300245006400313300001100377490000700388050001200395520076600407022001401173       1982                            d  c1982 Oct10aAdolescent10aAdult10aAge Factors10aAged10aChild10aChild, Preschool10aFemale10aHumans10aIndia10aInfant10aInfant, Newborn10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aRural Population10aSex Factors1 aLal S1 aMahalingam C1 aGarg B R00aEpidemiology of leprosy in rural population of Pondicherry.  a677-840 v54  aLAL19823 a<p>A village having population of 2000 in 350 families and coming under the Villianur Commune of the Union Territory of Pondicherry was subjected to a total population survey. The population examined was 92.2%. A total of 138 cases of leprosy were found in 94 families making a prevalence rate of 6.9%. There were single cases in 61 families and two to four cases in 33 families. Child rate for leprosy was 37%. The male to female ratio showed no sex predilection. Maximum percentage (30.4%) of cases belonged to maculoanaesthetic type, followed by tuberculoid (27.5%), indeterminate (19.6%), borderline (14.5%), polyneuritic (6.5%) and lepromatous (1.5%) types. Nerve involvement was more frequent in multiple skin lesion cases than in single lesion cases.</p>  a0024-1024