Table 4 Number of cases screened and detected with leprosy in different age groups
Survey 1 (2014) | Survey 2 (2015) | Survey 3 (2016) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group in years | Screened | Leprosy | Prevalence % | Screened | Leprosy | Prevalence % | Screened | Leprosy | Incidence % |
Under 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0.0 |
02–14 | 514 | 8 | 1.6 | 164 | 1 | 0.6 | 469 | 3 | 0.6 |
15–24 | 100 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 4 | 8.2 | 142 | 0 | 0.0 |
25–49 | 297 | 12 | 4 | 119 | 7 | 5.9 | 449 | 7 | 1.6 |
≥ 50 | 264 | 6 | 2.3 | 93 | 2 | 2.2 | 373 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 1241 | 29 | 2.3 | 430 | 14 | 3.3 | 1481 | 10 | 0.7 |