NLEP Indicators as on 31.03.08

Prevalence Rate

:

0.74 per ten thousand population

Cases on Record 

:

87,228

MB Proportion (As percentage of new cases)  

:

47.19%

Female Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

34.53%

Child Proportion (As percentage of new cases) 

:

9.42%

Visible Deformity (As percentage of new cases)  

:

2.53%

Number of states which have achieved elimination  

:

29 (Out of 35)

Annual New Case Detection Rate (2008-2009)

:

1.17 per ten thousand population

Number of cases detected during 2008-09

:

137,685