NLEP Indicators as on 31.12.2006

Prevalence Rate

:

0.83 per ten thousand population

Cases on Record 

:

94,459

MB Proportion (As percentage of new cases)  

:

44.07%

Female Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

34.28%

Child Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

10.37%

Visible Deformity (As percentage of new cases)  

:

2.06%

Number of states which have achieved elimination  

:

27 (Out of 35)

Annual New Case Detection Rate (2005-2006)

:

1.42 per 10,000 population

Number of cases detected during 2005-06

:

161,457