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Table 2 Diagnostic and clinical characteristics of new leprosy cases in Shaanxi from 1998 to 2018

From: Epidemiological situation of leprosy in a province in China: a long time to diagnosis and a high rate of deformity

Year

Cases

MB

PB

MB proportion (n%)

Average diagnostic delay, m

Cases with grade 2 disability

The proportion with grade 2 disability (n%)

1998

28

25

3

89.29

64.17

3

10.71

1999

11

10

1

90.91

62.11

2

18.18

2000

34

30

4

88.24

64.12

7

20.59

2001

42

38

4

90.48

62.14

22

52.38

2002

31

25

6

80.65

58.26

6

19.35

2003

21

17

4

80.95

43.80

4

19.05

2004

24

23

1

95.83

80.83

6

25.00

2005

35

26

9

74.29

43.94

11

31.43

2006

40

30

10

75.00

112.38

15

37.50

2007

39

31

8

79.49

97.97

14

35.90

2008

16

12

4

75.00

33.44

3

18.75

2009

20

19

1

95.00

58.65

11

55.00

2010

21

16

5

76.19

47.85

4

19.05

2011

24

20

4

83.33

47.21

7

29.17

2012

16

14

2

87.50

64.25

5

31.25

2013

10

8

2

80.00

52.45

4

40.00

2014

13

11

2

84.62

54.62

6

46.15

2015

12

11

1

91.67

71.42

4

33.33

2016

14

9

5

64.29

88.50

8

57.14

2017

15

14

1

93.33

46.50

3

20.00

2018

11

10

1

90.91

47.60

3

27.27

Total

477

399

78

83.65

 

148

31.03

  1. Abbreviations: MB multibacillary, PB Paucibacillary