Skip to main content

Table 1 Distribution of leprosy cases according to socio-demographic variables

From: Performance of serological tests PGL1 and NDO-LID in the diagnosis of leprosy in a reference Center in Brazil

Characteristics

Number

Percentage (%)

Gender

  

Male

165

66.0%

Female

85

34.0%

Total

250

100.0%

Age group (years)

  

10–20

44

17.6%

21–40

78

31.2%

41–60

84

33.6%

> 60

44

17.6%

Total

250

100.0%

Education

  

Illiterate

11

6.1%

Elementary School

85

47.0%

High school

56

30.9%

Higher education

15

8.3%

Ignored

14

7.7%

Total

181

100.0%

Ethnicitya

  

Caucasian

9

6.5%

African

8

5.7%

Asian

3

2.1

Mixed

119

85.0%

Indigenous

1

0.7%

Total

140

100.0%

  1. aself-reported Ethnicity