Epidemiology of leprosy
Global situation

Epidemiology of leprosy

Section Title: Global situation
Table Section Text: None

Region	Registered prevalence (cases per 10,000 pop.)	New case detection during the year

Start of 2006	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2010

Africa	40,830 (0.56)	39,612	48,248	47,006	46,918	42,814	25,345

Americas	32,904 (0.39)	42,830	39,939	52,435	52,662	41,780	37,740

South-East Asia	133,422 (0.81)	668,658	520,632	405,147	298,603	201,635	156,254

Eastern Mediterranean	4,024 (0.09)	4,758	4,665	3,940	3,392	3,133	4,080

Western Pacific	8,646 (0.05)	7,404	7,154	6,190	6,216	7,137	5,055

Totals	219,826	763,262	620,638	514,718	407,791	296,499	228,474

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407,791 new cases were detected during 2004.

final_sentence: 407,791 new cases were detected during 2004.