Table 1 Regression models of leprosy detection rates. Duque de Caxias, Brazil, 1998-2006

Proportion of households with general water network

-2.011

-3.514

-0.532

0.008

290.030

-2.334

-3831

-0.851

0.002

-2.333

-3.847

-0.843

0.002

Number of reference health care units (with a dermatologist) with assistance provided by the Program of Leprosy

0.419

-0.013

0.857

0.057

291.649

0.524

0.092

0.963

0.018

0.524

0.092

0.968

0.018

Ratio between cases with indeterminate clinical form and the sum of cases with clinical tuberculoid, dimorphous and Virchowian forms

1.901

-0.122

3.980

0.068

290.312

2.599

0.706

4.556

0.008

2.599

0.704

4.588

0.008

Proportion of households where the head is unemployed

1.155

-0.187

2.491

0.089

292.049

Ratio between cases with multibacillary and paucibacillary based on operational classification

0.391

-0.087

0.889

0.115

289.815

0.319

-0.141

0.796

0.180

0.319

-0.141

0.803

0.183

Proportion of households with seven or more residents

0.789

-0.252

1,809

0.132

292.488

Number of local case-tracking campaigns performed

0.043

-0.020

0.107

0.182

291.166

0.019

-0.042

0.081

0.537

0.019

-0.043

0.082

0.540

Proportion of households where the head earns up to 1 minimum wage

-0.341

-1.145

0.472

0.406

292.071

Proportion of households with running water in at least one room

1.223

-3.331

5.823

0.599

291.571

Proportion of households with general sewage network

0.736

-2.273

3.752

0.630

291.718

Ratio between cases in female and male genders

-0.082

-0.613

0.465

0.765

292.239

Log (population density)

-0.028

-0.183

0.131

0.725

292.085

Ratio between cases with grade II physical disability and the sum of the cases with grades I and 0

0.212

-1.184

1.622

0.766

291.709

Proportion of households that dispose of waste in vacant lot

8.299

-49391

65924

0.778

291.723

Proportion of households where the head is illiterate

0.475

-4,907

5.669

0.860

292.114

Proportion of households without bathroom

-0.015

-12872

12618

0.998

291.943

Number of basic health care units (with Family Health Programs) assistance provided by the Program of Leprosy

0.014

-0.419

0.451

0.949

291.625

285.368

285.544