[Survey of newly diagnosed leprosy patients in Japan (1993-2000)].
We analyzed the medical and social problems of newly registered leprosy patients in the past 8 years from 1993 to 2000 in a low endemic country, Japan. There were 56 registered Japanese patients (males, 32; females, 24), and 76 registered foreign patients (males, 56; females, 20). The number of Japanese patients in each year was between 5 and 9, and 2/3 of them were from Okinawa Prefecture, located in subtropical zone. But the number of foreign patients in each year was between 5 and 18, and 2/5 of them were from Brazil. The number of foreign patients was greater than that of Japanese patients. Male/female ratio has decreased among the Japanese.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil / Q000208:ethnology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007918:Leprosy / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012940:Social Problems; D013997:Time Factors
D007917:Leprostatic Agents