Socio-demographic anthropological factors in the incidence of leprosy
Abstract
Introduction: The connection between leprosy and social factors has implications both for the patient and for the operation of the control programs for this disease.
Objective: To characterize socio-demographic anthropological factors in the incidence of leprosy in the Camagüey municipality.
Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional descriptive observational study was conducted. The universe was made up of patients diagnosed with leprosy included in the period covered by the study and belonging to the municipality of Camagüey. The variables studied were: clinical forms according to health classification, age, sex, health area, geographical origin (rural or urban), family economic income and overcrowding index. The information obtained was processed using the statistical package SPSS v21. The methods used were descriptive statistics of absolute and relative frequency distribution. The results of the study were presented in tables and graphs.
Results: Multibacillary leprosy was the one with the highest incidence, the age group between 20 and 59 years old prevailed, with a predominance of males, the highest percentage of cases was observed in the North and Previsory health areas, more than four fifths parts of the patients belonged to urban areas, most of them had a poor family income and the index without overcrowding prevailed.
Conclusions: It is necessary to deepen the study of the social anthropological factors that could favor the acquisition of this disease.
DeCS: MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; ANTHROPOLOGICAL FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; CROWDING; DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.
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