title: Leprosy incidence, characterization of cases and correlation with household and cases variables of the Brazilian states in 2010.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Leprosy is millenary disease and still persists in several countries.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  RESULTS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The incidence of leprosy is related to factors as gender, race and house conditions (p<0,05 for all).
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Shamyr Sulyvan de
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Pereira Pontes
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Graziela Basílio
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vanessa Rossato
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciane Fernanda Rodrigues Martinho
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007918:Leprosy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012499:Sanitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014881:Water Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data