Leprosy Continues to Occur in Hilly Areas of North India

Table 1

Demographic profile of new cases of leprosy in a tertiary care hospital in Srinagar, Garhwal, North India (2009–2014).

Characteristic	Category	Number of cases (%)
Age group	0–18 years	9 (6.9)
	19–60 years	108 (83.7)
	>60 years	12 (9.4)
Sex	Female	48 (37.2)
	Male	81 (62.8)
District	Pauri	63 (48.8)
	Rudraprayag	16 (12.4)
	Chamoli	6 (4.6)
	Tehri	6 (4.6)
	Others	38 (29.6)
Total		129 (100)