An Orthopedic-, Surgical-, and Epidemiological-Based Investigation of Leprosy, in the Tamil Nadu State of India

Table 1

	Average number of lesions per anatomical region (113 responses)	Number of subjects w/lesions in that particular anatomical region (113 responses)	Number lesions in healing stage, per anatomical region (77 lesion in total recorded in the healing stage)	Percentage of lesions in healing stage, per anatomical region (77 lesion in total recorded in the healing stage)	Anatomical location of first lesion
Scalp	1	11	0	0%	0%
Face	1	3	3	4%	15.60%
Neck	1	5	0	0%	0%
Chest	2.4	5	3	4%	3.10%
Back	1.9	10	9	12%	9.40%
Pelvis	1	2	2	2.6%	1.60%
Buttock	1.3	8	6	7.8%	6.30%
Upper arms	2.23	13	7	9.1%	20.30%
Lower arms	1.6	13	10	13%	4.70%
Hands	2.5	12	8	10.4%	7.80%
Thighs	2.4	5	5	6.5%	2.50%
Legs	2.2	12	9	12%	9.40%
Feet	2.1	14	15	19.5%	4.70%
Upper extremity	2.1	38	25	32.5%	32.8%
Lower extremity	2.2	67	29	37.7%	16.6%