01896nas a2200181   4500000000100000008004100001100001400042700001500056700001300071700001600084700001900100245013300119856007900252300001000331490000700341520135200348022001401700       2016                            d1 aCastro SS1 aSantos JPP1 aAbreu GB1 aOliveira VR1 aFernandes LFRM00aLeprosy incidence, characterization of cases and correlation with household and cases variables of the Brazilian states in 2010.  uhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782643/pdf/abd-91-01-0028.pdf  a28-330 v913 a<p><strong>BACKGROUND: </strong>Leprosy is millenary disease and still persists in several countries.</p>

<p><strong>OBJECTIVES: </strong>To estimate the incidence of leprosy in the Brazilian states and for the country in the year 2010; to describe the cases reported according to the studied variables; to verify the correlation between the overall incidence and the studied variables.</p>

<p><strong>METHODS: </strong>Ecological descriptive study, with population data from the 27 states, 2010. Information about reported cases were collected: gender, race, percentage of patients younger than 15 years old and living conditions. The analysis was performed using percentages, means, incidence rates and the Spearman correlation test.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>The states of Mato Grosso and Tocantins recorded the highest incidence rates; Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, the lowest; there was a higher incidence of leprosy among men; the incidence of leprosy increases proportionally with the nonwhites among the inhabitants; patients younger than 15 years; the average number of residents per household; and a decrease in coverage of water supply and presence of bathrooms.</p>

<p><strong>CONCLUSION: </strong>The incidence of leprosy is related to factors as gender, race and house conditions (p&lt;0,05 for all).</p>
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