Table 1 Demographic, disease and location characteristics of leprosy cases in northwest Bangladesh, detected from January 2000 to April 2019

Total

N = 20 623 (100%)

Sex

  Male

11 649 (56.5%)

  Female

8974 (44.5%)

Age at diagnosis (years)

  Below 15

2589 (12.6%)

  15 to 24

4035 (19.6%)

  25 to 34

4027 (19.2%)

  35 to 44

3916 (19.0%)

  45 to 54

3334 (16.2%)

  55 and older

2722 (13.2%)

Group

  Paucibacillary (PB)

15 319 (74.3%)

  Multibacillary (MB)

5301 (25.7%)

  Unknown

3

Skin smear

  Negative

16 546 (89.1%)

  Positive

2029 (9.9%)

  Unknown

2048

Disability

  Grade 0

17 809 (86.4%)

  Grade 1

1441 (7.0%)

  Grade 2

1367 (6.6%)

  Unknown

6

Mode of detection

  Survey

1524 (7.4%)

  Referred

2107 (10.2%)

  Voluntary

15 582 (75.6%)

  Contact

1390 (6.7%)

  Unknown

20

District

 Nilphamari

7928 (38.4%)

  Panchagarh

2001 (9.7%)

  Rangpur

7825 (37.9%)

  Thakurgaon

2869 (13.9%)