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I)

TABLE 33

Incidence of Leprosy

LEPROSY CASES 1974 TO 1983

TABLE 34

ANALYSIS OF DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS PRESENTING AT CLINICS 1983

New Cases

New Cases Admitted to

No. of

Year

Incidence Rate*

Imported

Cases

No.#

per 100 000

Hei Ling Chau Leprosarium

Lai Chi Kok

Hospital

Dermatological Condition

Cases

Dermatological Condition

No. of Cases

population

Acne

1 051

Nevi (all types)

59

1974

119

1975

78

1976

76

1977

73

1978

1979

70

1980

1981

PRACERSA

2.8

12

36

1.8

1

27

Alopecia

Angioedema

296

Pediculosis

3

3

Pemphigus

95

1.7

2

34

Carcinoma

25

1.6

1

24

Paronychia

66

74

1.6

23

Contact dermatitis

710

Pityriasis rosea

219

1.4

20

60

1.2

18

Dermatitis exfoliative

6

Pityriasis alba

136

55

1.1

10

Dermatitis herpetiformis

12

Pruritus

570

1982

57

1.1

14

1983

38

Dermatomyositis

20

Psoriasis

705

0.7

Drug eruption

68

Purpura

1

* Rates for the years 1977 to 1980 based on revised population

estimates after 1981 Census.

#Including imported cases.

II) Number of New Cases by Age 1983

Eczema (all types)

6 726

Pyoderma

211

Epidermolysis bullosa

Raynaud's phenomenoma

3

Erythema multiforme

27

Rosacea

165

Erythema nodosum

4

Scabies

1 338

Granuloma

13

Scleroderma

2

Herpes simplex

73

Tinea (all types)

2 323

Age Group

No. of cases

Herpes zoster

214

TB Cutis

44

Ichthyosis

29

Tumora, benign

Under 1

Keloid

86

Ulcer, varicose

36

1

4

Keratosis (all types)

62

Urticaria

700

$

9

Lichen amyloidosis

114

Vasculitis

3

10

14

Lichen planus

67

Verruca

743

15

19

Light sensitivity

22

Vitiligo

198

20

24

1

Lupus (all types)

41

Xanthoma

7

25

29

Miliaria

30

Leprosy

6

30

34

3

Molluscum contagiosum

27

Miscellaneous

882

35 39

2

Neurodermatitis

772

TOTAL

19 017

-

40 44

N

Neurofibromatosis

4

45 49

4

50

54

6

55 59

5

60 & over

10

Total

38