01533nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001400054700001700068700001500085700001400100700001300114700001800127245010500145856010700250300001300357490000700370520093600377022001401313       2020                            d  c01/20201 aLima MHGM1 aNascimento J1 ade Souza M1 aParaizo V1 aNunes PS1 aGuimarães RA00aMagnitude and temporal trend of leprosy indicators in Goiás, Brazil: an ecological study 2001-2017.  uhttps://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-96222020000500701&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en  ae20195750 v293 a<p><b>OBJECTIVE: </b>To analyze the trend of leprosy indicators in Goiás between 2001 and 2017.</p><p><b>METHODS: </b>An ecological time series study was conducted. Leprosy morbidity and operational indicators were calculated using Notifiable Health Conditions Information System data. Prais-Winsten regression was used for trend analysis.</p><p><b>RESULTS: </b>There was a falling trend in the detection rate in the general population (Annual Percent Change [APC] = -6.8 - 95%CI -8.2;-5.4) and in children under 15 years old (APC = -7.2 - 95%CI -8.5;-5.9); a rising trend in the proportion of grade 2 disability (APC = 3.7 - 95%CI 2.0;5.3) and in the proportion of examined physical disability (APC = 0.6 - 95%CI 0.3;0.8); healing and examined contacts proportions were stable.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>Detection rates decreased while the proportions of grade 2 physical disability and examined physical disability increased.</p>  a2237-9622