@article{31017,
  keywords = {Primary Health Care, Epidemiology, leprosy},
  author = {Araújo KMFA and Leano HAM and Rodrigues RN and Bueno IC and Lana FCF},
  title = {Epidemiological trends of leprosy in an endemic state},
  abstract = {<p><strong>Objective:</strong> to analyze the epidemiological trends of leprosy in an endemic state. <strong>Methods:</strong> ecological study of temporal trends. The data were taken from the National Disease Notification System and analyzed through a generalized linear regression using the Prais Winsten method. <strong>Results:</strong> a total of 12,134 new cases of leprosy were analyzed. There was a downward trend of -4.8% in the overall detection rate and of -6.7% in the detection rate in children under 15 years of age. The proportion of new cases of leprosy with grade 2 physical disability at diagnosis showed a stationary trend of 2.7%. It is noteworthy that the trends of epidemiological indicators of leprosy are heterogeneous among the macro-regions of the health system. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>the incidence of leprosy declined in the general population, in children under 15 years of age, and the proportion of grade 2 disability showed stability. Despite the decline, it is evident that diagnoses occur late and the transmission remains active.</p>
},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {Revista da Rede de Enfermagem do Nordeste},
  volume = {18},
  pages = {771-778},
  url = {http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/download/3024/pdf},
  doi = {10.15253/2175-678310.15253/2175-6783.2017000610.15253/2175-6783.2017000600010},
  language = {eng, por},
}