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Disease Prevention and Control / Communicable Diseases / Leprosy
Leprosy Situation: Region of the Americas, beginning of 2006
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Country/
Territory |
Registered Prevalencea |
New Case Detectionb |
New MB Casesc |
New Cases,
Females |
New Cases,
Children |
New Cases,
Dis. G 2 |
Relapsese |
| Argentina |
775 |
484 |
348 |
198 |
5 |
8 |
11 |
| Brazil |
27,313 |
38,410 |
19,515 |
17,796 |
3,259 |
1,890 |
1,433g |
| Bolivia |
- |
114 |
41 |
47 |
11 |
2 |
1 |
| Chile |
- |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Colombia |
1,017 |
585 |
402 |
0 |
19 |
57 |
35 |
| Costa Rica |
33 |
11 |
8 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Cuba |
226 |
208 |
173 |
93 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
| Dominican Republic |
301 |
155 |
99 |
78 |
25 |
5 |
2 |
| Ecuador |
178 |
116 |
73 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| El Salvador |
10 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| Guatemala |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Guyana |
- |
28 |
19 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
| Honduras |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jamaica |
19 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| Mexico |
776 |
289 |
218 |
108 |
8 |
32 |
43 |
| Panama |
9 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Paraguay |
735 |
480 |
373 |
187 |
19 |
38 |
0 |
| Peru |
26 |
26 |
19 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
55 |
| St. Lucia |
- |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Suriname |
37 |
42 |
22 |
12 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
46 |
31 |
15 |
11 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
| United States |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Uruguay |
8 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Venezuela |
1,389 |
768 |
496 |
261 |
56 |
47 |
32 |
| Total |
32,904 |
41,780 |
21,845 |
18,872 |
3,432 |
2,107 |
1,627 |
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a Prevalence as of end of 2005.
b New cases reported during 2005.
c MB = Multibacillary leprosy.
d New Cases, Dis. G 2 = Grade 2 disabilities among new cases.
e Relapses occurring during the year. (Note: Numbers for relapses in Brazil are not yet laboratory confirmed.)
f (-) No information.
g Numbers for relapses in Brazil are not yet laboratory confirmed. |
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