TY - JOUR AU - Castro SS AU - Santos JPP AU - Abreu GB AU - Oliveira VR AU - Fernandes LFRM AB -

BACKGROUND: Leprosy is millenary disease and still persists in several countries.

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the incidence of leprosy in the Brazilian states and for the country in the year 2010; to describe the cases reported according to the studied variables; to verify the correlation between the overall incidence and the studied variables.

METHODS: Ecological descriptive study, with population data from the 27 states, 2010. Information about reported cases were collected: gender, race, percentage of patients younger than 15 years old and living conditions. The analysis was performed using percentages, means, incidence rates and the Spearman correlation test.

RESULTS: The states of Mato Grosso and Tocantins recorded the highest incidence rates; Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, the lowest; there was a higher incidence of leprosy among men; the incidence of leprosy increases proportionally with the nonwhites among the inhabitants; patients younger than 15 years; the average number of residents per household; and a decrease in coverage of water supply and presence of bathrooms.

CONCLUSION: The incidence of leprosy is related to factors as gender, race and house conditions (p<0,05 for all).

BT - Anais brasileiros de dermatologia C1 -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26982775?dopt=Abstract

DO - 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164360 IS - 1 J2 - An Bras Dermatol LA - eng N2 -

BACKGROUND: Leprosy is millenary disease and still persists in several countries.

OBJECTIVES: To estimate the incidence of leprosy in the Brazilian states and for the country in the year 2010; to describe the cases reported according to the studied variables; to verify the correlation between the overall incidence and the studied variables.

METHODS: Ecological descriptive study, with population data from the 27 states, 2010. Information about reported cases were collected: gender, race, percentage of patients younger than 15 years old and living conditions. The analysis was performed using percentages, means, incidence rates and the Spearman correlation test.

RESULTS: The states of Mato Grosso and Tocantins recorded the highest incidence rates; Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, the lowest; there was a higher incidence of leprosy among men; the incidence of leprosy increases proportionally with the nonwhites among the inhabitants; patients younger than 15 years; the average number of residents per household; and a decrease in coverage of water supply and presence of bathrooms.

CONCLUSION: The incidence of leprosy is related to factors as gender, race and house conditions (p<0,05 for all).

PY - 2016 SP - 28 EP - 33 T2 - Anais brasileiros de dermatologia TI - Leprosy incidence, characterization of cases and correlation with household and cases variables of the Brazilian states in 2010. UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782643/pdf/abd-91-01-0028.pdf VL - 91 SN - 1806-4841 ER -