Profile of New Leprosy Cases Attending a South Indian Referral Hospital in 2011-2012

Table 1

Distribution of multibacillary and paucibacillary leprosy cases among adults and children.

New cases detected (𝑛=46)
Male						Female						Children < 15 years
MB		PB		Total		MB		PB		Total		MB		PB		Total
No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
16	64.00	9	42.86	25	54.35	9	36.00	12	57.14	21	45.65	0	0.00	7	15.22	7	15.22