Basic Statistics
| Year | Newly detected cases | No. of new cases MB (a) | No. of new female cases | No. of new cases among children (b) | No. of new cases with G2D (c) | Relapses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 260 063 | 104 524 | 93 050 | 34 524 | 4 145 | |
| 2005 | 161 457 | 73 149 | 53 083 | 16 112 | 3 015 | |
| 2006 | 139 252 | 62 652 | 47 696 | 14 107 | 3 130 | |
| 2007 | 137 685 | 64 980 | 47 537 | 12 976 | 3 477 | |
| 2008 | 134 184 | 64 949 | 47 188 | 13 610 | 3 763 | 325 |
| 2009 | 133,717 | 47,361 | 13,331 | 4,145 |
a MB = Multibacillary leprosy
b Children are cases of 0 - 14 years
c New G2D = WHO grade 2 disabilities among new cases
source data: WHO Weekly epidemiological records :No. 13, 2005, 80, 113-124 : No. 34, 2005, 80, 289-296 : No. 32, 2006, 81, 309-316 : No. 25, 2007, 82, 225-232 : No. 33,2008, 83, 293-300,
No. 33, 2009, 84, 333-340.
Government of India NLEP Progress Report for the Year 2008-2009
Ending 31st March 2009
This Report, recently published on the NLEP web pages of the Government of India, includes data about anti-leprosy work collected from the different States in India.
Click on the following link to read this report in full:
http://nlep.nic.in/Progress%20report%2031st%20March%202008-09.doc
Source: http://nlep.nic.in/data.html
NLEP District Wise Annual New Case Detection and Prevalence as
on March 2009
The Government of India has also recently published a breakdown of data on new cases of leprosy by district. Please click on the following link:
http://nlep.nic.in/DisttwiseNCDR-Mar.2009.xls
Source: http://nlep.nic.in/data.html