Table 1 Study population, demographics, and number of newly detected leprosy cases in four sample populations.
From: The spatial distribution of leprosy in four villages in Bangladesh: An observational study
Population sample | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A rural | B rural | C urban | D rural | Total | |||
Population | Population size at intake | 1008 | 1000 | 1107 | 1008 | 4123 | |
Mean age | Male | 20.1 | 22.2 | 17.5 | 21.6 | 20.4 | |
Female | 22.2 | 21.9 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 22.8 | ||
Both | 21.4 | 22.1 | 20.5 | 23.3 | 21.8 | ||
Proportion age < 15 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.54 | ||
Sex ratio | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
Village\Ward | Compounds | 219 | 167 | 253 | 253 | 892 | |
Inhabitants per compound | 4.6 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.6 | ||
Houses per compound | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | ||
Inhabitants per house | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | ||
Area (in km2) | 1.04 | 1.39 | 0.31 | 1.82 | 4.56 | ||
Leprosy | RFT before intake* | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
Case at intake | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
Case at 1st follow up | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
Case at 2nd follow up | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||