Table 6.7 : LEPROSY CASES BY AGE AND SEX, 2001-2008
Age group	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Cases under Treatment
Both sexes	21	15	19	6	5	10	6	13	5
0 - 9	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 - 19	9	5	7	2	0	4	2	1	0
20 - 29	3	3	5	1	1	2	3	8	4
30 - 39	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
40 & over	6	5	4	3	3	3	1	4	1
Male	13	10	14	3	3	8	2	8	3
0 - 9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 - 19	6	5	5	0	0	3	0	1	0
20 - 29	2	2	5	1	1	2	2	5	2
30 - 39	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
40 & over	3	3	4	2	2	2	0	2	1
Female	8	5	5	3	2	2	4	5	2
0 - 9	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 - 19	3	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0
20 - 29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
30 - 39	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
40 & over	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	2	0
Newly Detected cases
Both sexes	27	25	29	20	8	15	8	11	6
0 - 9	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 - 19	11	13	9	13	0	5	2	1	2
20 - 29	3	5	6	3	2	2	4	7	1
30 - 39	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0
40 & over	11	5	5	4	5	6	2	3	3
Male	15	18	19	8	5	9	3	7	2
0 - 9	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 - 19	6	11	5	7	0	4	0	1	0
20 - 29	2	3	5	0	2	1	3	4	1
30 - 39	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
40 & over	6	4	4	1	3	3	0	2	1
Female	12	7	10	12	3	6	5	4	4
0 - 9	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 - 19	5	2	4	6	0	1	2	0	2
20 - 29	1	2	1	3	0	1	1	3	0
30 - 39	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
40 & over	5	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	2
Source: Department of Public Health