NLEP Indicators as on 31.03.07

Prevalence Rate

:

0.72 per ten thousand population

Cases on Record 

:

82,800

MB Proportion (As percentage of new cases)  

:

44.99%

Female Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

34.25%

Child Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

10.13%

Visible Deformity (As percentage of new cases)  

:

2.25%

Number of states which have achieved elimination  

:

29 (Out of 35)

Annual New Case Detection Rate (2005-2006)

:

1.21 per ten thousand population

Number of cases detected during 2005-06

:

139,252