01619nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001653002400042653001700066653001200083100001700095700001400112700001700126700001300143700001300156245005800169856008600227300001200313490000700325520108100332       2017                            d10aPrimary Health Care10aEpidemiology10aleprosy1 aAraújo KMFA1 aLeano HAM1 aRodrigues RN1 aBueno IC1 aLana FCF00aEpidemiological trends of leprosy in an endemic state  uhttp://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/download/3024/pdf  a771-7780 v183 a<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>