According to WHO leprosy is a public health problem if prevalence is more than
At the end 2000, leprosy was a public health problem in 10 countries (prevalence rate > 1/10,000), mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Thus to call it a public health problem prevalence per 10,000 should be more than 1 and per 100 should be > 0.01.
0.10%
0.01%
0.50%
1%
Communicable diseases