Leprosy Continues to Occur in Hilly Areas of North India

Table 4

Statistics of leprosy in Uttarakhand as in March 2014 [4] compared with present study.

S. no.	Variable	Uttarakhand (as in March 2014) [4]	Present study (2009–14)
1	Total population ()	10663516	47465
2	Total no. of districts ()	13	5
3	Total cases of leprosy ()	237	129
4	Proportion of multibacillary cases (%)	119	65
5	Annual new case detection rate per 10000 population	3.53	5.4

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