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.
BT - Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3934705?dopt=Abstract CN - JOSEPH1985 DA - 1985 Nov-Dec IS - 6 J2 - Public Health Rep LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 1985 SP - 666 EP - 71 T2 - Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) TI - Hansen's disease in native-born citizens of the United States. UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1425322/pdf/pubhealthrep00096-0112.pdf VL - 100 SN - 0033-3549 ER -