NLEP Indicators as on 31.06.07

Prevalence Rate

:

0.80 per ten thousand population

Cases on Record 

:

91,744

MB Proportion (As percentage of new cases)  

:

49.38%

Female Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

33.63%

Child Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

09.25%

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 (2004-2005)

:

1.21 per ten thousand population

Number of cases detected during 2004-04

:

139,252