Time trend and identification of risk areas for physical disability due to leprosy in Brazil: An ecological study, 2001-2022.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease that affects the peripheral nerves, leading to neurological damage and physical disability. This study analyzed the temporal trend in the rate of new leprosy cases with grade 2 physical disability in Brazil and identified spatial clusters of risk for physical disability.

Methods

This is an ecological study of all new cases of leprosy with grade 2 physical disability (G2D) at diagnosis between 2001 and 2022 in Brazil, macro-regions, states and municipalities. Data were extracted from the National System of Notifiable Diseases and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Sociodemographic and clinical variables such as age, sex, race/colour, education and clinical form of the disease were analyzed, as well as the ra

SUBMITTER: Matos TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883925 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature