Evolución de la endemia de la lepra en Brasil

The present investigation intends to study the territorial distribution of leprosy in Brazil in order to identify the regularities of its differentiation, and to contribute to the knowledge that allows progress in the understanding of the processes of its social production. Time trends of global and specific leprosy detection rates were calculated for regions and states of the country. A synthesis of the historical-geographical distribution of the endemic in Brazil is shown as substratum of the analysis. The historical series of the 1960-2002 period allows the comparison of detection rates for...