01504nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001653003000042653001200072653003100084100001500115700001400130700001600144700001300160700001700173700001600190245011400206856008500320300001200405490000600417520083700423022001401260       2017                            d10aResidence Characteristics10aleprosy10aEpidemiologic Surveillance1 aUchôa REM1 aBrito KKG1 aSantana EMF1 aSilva MA1 aOliveira SHS1 aSoares MJGO00aThe distribution of leprosy cases with physical disability in the state of Paraiba, Brazil, from 2001 to 2011  uhttp://www.seer.unirio.br/index.php/cuidadofundamental/article/download/5547/pdf  a634-6400 v93 a<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify the spatial pattern of disabilities occurrence by leprosy in the state of Paraiba, Brazil, from 2001 to 2011. <strong>Methods: </strong>This is an ecological, retrospective and evidence-based study, which has as a unit of analysis the regions of the State of Paraiba, from aggregated data. 3,408 leprosy cases with physical disability, and their distribution from the construction of tables and thematic maps were analyzed. <strong>Results: </strong>The results showed high detection rates in the regions of Cajazeiras, Guarabira, Esperanca, Itaporanga, Joao Pessoa and Eastern Serido. Only Western Serido had no reported cases of physical disability. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is suggested in the study the need for deeper studies about the pathology’s spatial distribution.</p>
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