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THE DISEASES − CHAPTER 4<br />
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Table 4.10.1 shows the number of new cases detected during 2013 in the 14 countries<br />
previously reporting 1000 or more new cases and the number of new cases detected annually<br />
since 2006 in the countries reporting 1000 or more new cases in 2013. The 14 countries that<br />
reported 1000 or more new cases during 2006–2013 account for 96% of the new cases detected<br />
worldwide in 2013; six of these countries are in the African Region.<br />
Table 4.10.1 Number of new leprosy cases detected in countries previously reporting more than 1000 new cases in 2013 and<br />
number of new cases detected annually, 2006–2013<br />
Country<br />
Number of new cases detected<br />
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013<br />
Bangladesh 6 280 5 357 5 249 5 239 3 848 3 970 3 688 3 141<br />
Brazil 44 436 39 125 38 914 37 610 34 894 33 955 33 303 31 044<br />
Côte d’Ivoire 976 1 204 998 884 NR 770 1 030 1 169<br />
Democratic Republic of the Congo 8 257 8 820 6 114 5 062 5 049 3 949 3 607 3 744<br />
Ethiopia 4 092 4 187 4 170 4 417 4 430 NR 3 776 4 374<br />
India 139 252 137 685 134 184 133 717 126 800 127 295 134 752 126 913<br />
Indonesia 17 682 17 723 17 441 17 260 17 012 20 023 18 994 16 856<br />
Madagascar 1 536 1 644 1 763 1 572 1 520 1 577 1 474 1 569<br />
Myanmar 3 721 3 637 3 365 3 147 2 936 3 082 3 013 2 950<br />
Nepal 4 235 4 436 4 708 4 394 3 118 3 184 3 492 3 225<br />
Nigeria 3 544 4 665 4 899 4 219 3 913 3 623 3 805 3 385<br />
Philippines 2 517 2 514 2 373 1 795 2 041 1 818 2 150 1 729<br />
Sri Lanka 1 993 2 024 1 979 1 875 2 027 2 178 2 191 1 990<br />
United Republic of Tanzania 3 450 3 105 3 276 2 654 2 349 2 288 2 528 2 005<br />
Total (%) 241 971<br />
(91%)<br />
236 126<br />
(91%)<br />
229 433<br />
(92%)<br />
223 845<br />
(91%)<br />
209 937<br />
(92%)<br />
217 803<br />
(94%)<br />
216 773<br />
(93%)<br />
204 094<br />
(95%)<br />
Global Total 265 661 258 133 249 007 244 796 228 474 226 626 232 857 215 656<br />
NR, Not reported.<br />
Table 4.10.2 shows the data on multibacillary leprosy, the proportion of cases among women<br />
and children, and those with grade-2 disabilities. The proportion of cases with multibacillary<br />
leprosy among new leprosy cases in the African Region ranged from 93.6% (Nigeria) to<br />
24.1% (Kiribati); in the Region of the Americas from 81.9% (Cuba) to 62.8% (United States<br />
of America); in the South-East Asia Region from 83.4% (Indonesia) to 43.9% (Bangladesh); in<br />
the Eastern Mediterranean Region from 80.7% (Pakistan) to 56% (Yemen); and in the Western<br />
Pacific Region from 92.7% (Philippines) to 24.1% (Kiribati).
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