Table 2 Overview of case characteristics and detection delays across different age groups, sex and leprosy subtype for individuals in the PEP4LEP and Global datasets
Characteristic | Data source | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PEP4LEP | Global | |||||||
N (%) | Case detection delay (months) | N (%) | Case detection delay (months) | |||||
Arithmetic mean | Geometric meana | Median | Arithmetic mean | Geometric meana | Median | |||
Age group | ||||||||
 0‒20 | 20 (11.0) | 22.3 | 16.6 | 17.5 | 3 (3.4) | 24.7 | 17.9 | 20.0 |
 21‒40 | 91 (50.3) | 22.8 | 17.7 | 18.0 | 37 (42.5) | 21.6 | 11.8 | 12.0 |
 41‒60 | 48 (26.5) | 30.7 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 19 (21.8) | 35.2 | 21.4 | 24.0 |
  > 60 | 22 (12.2) | 31.4 | 24.9 | 27.5 | 28 (32.2) | 39.9 | 12.4 | 12.0 |
Sex | ||||||||
 Male | 116 (64.1) | 24.7 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 60 (69.8) | 29.7 | 13.1 | 12.5 |
 Female | 65 (35.9) | 28.0 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 26 (30.2) | 32.8 | 16.0 | 24.0 |
Leprosy subtype | ||||||||
 PB | 28 (15.5) | 18.9 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 21 (24.7) | 16.0 | 8.6 | 17.0 |
 MB | 153 (84.5) | 27.1 | 19.1 | 20.0 | 64 (75.3) | 35.3 | 16.1 | 13.5 |