NLEP Indicators as on 31.09.06

Prevalence Rate

:

0.90 per ten thousand population

Cases on Record 

:

101,276

MB Proportion (As percentage of new cases)  

:

44.64%

Female Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

34.33%

Child Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

 10.52%

Visible Deformity (As percentage of new cases)  

:

1.99%

Number of states which have achieved elimination  

:

27 (Out of 35)

Annual New Case Detection Rate (2005-06)

:

1.42 per 10,000 population

Total new cases detected during 2005-06

:

161,457