Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
Synopsis
Surveillance of Leprosy in Kiribati, 1935–2017
Table 2
Demographic and leprosy data in Kiribati by region and census year*
Location | Years | Population at census date | Population density, persons/km2 | No. persons in household | No. cases | No. cases/10,000 persons/y |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Tarawa | 1988–1992 | 15,937 | 1,106 | 7.6† | 58 | 7.3 |
1993–1997 | 18,006 | 1,250 | 8.0† | 86 | 9.6 | |
1998–2002 | 24,449 | 1,697 | 8.1† | 42 | 3.4 | |
2003–2006‡ | 27,802 | 1,891 | 7.7† | 64 | 5.6 | |
2009–2012‡ | 34,427 | 2,443 | 7.3 | 215 | 15.6 | |
2013–2018 |
39,058 |
2,772 |
7.0 |
403 |
20.6 |
|
Betio | 1988–1992 | 9,443 | 5,555 | NA | 36 | 7.6 |
1993–1997 | 10,344 | 6,085 | NA | 56 | 10.8 | |
1998–2002 | 12,268 | 7,216 | NA | 35 | 5.7 | |
2003–2006‡ | 12,509 | 7,358 | NA | 39 | 7.8 | |
2009–2012‡ | 15,755 | 9,434 | 8.0 | 94 | 14.9 | |
2013–2018 |
17,330 |
10,377 |
7.6 |
234 |
27 |
|
Outer Islands | 1988–1992 | 46,161 | 65 | 6.4 | 153 | 6.6 |
1993–1997 | 49,308 | 69 | 5.9 | 144 | 5.8 | |
1998–2002 | 47,777 | 67 | 5.7 | 48 | 2 | |
2003–2006‡ | 52,222 | 73.5 | 5.9 | 57 | 2.7 | |
2009–2012‡ | 52,876 | 74 | 5.7 | 189 | 8.9 | |
2013–2018 |
53,748 |
76 |
5.4 |
199 |
7.4 |
|
Total for Kiribati | 1988–1992 | 72,335 | 88.3 | 7.8 | 250 | 6.9 |
1993–1997 | 77,658 | 95.8 | 7.23 | 286 | 7.4 | |
1998–2002 | 84,494 | 104.2 | 7.4 | 125 | 3 | |
2003–2007 | 92,533 | 114.1 | 6.6 | 224 | 4.8 | |
2008–2012 | 103,058 | 127.1 | 6.4 | 566 | 11 | |
2013–2018 | 110,136 | 135.8 | 6.2 | 836 | 15.2 |
*Population data shown are taken from the national Kiribati census, which reports every 5 years starting from 1990. Leprosy case data are taken from the register at the National Leprosy Unit of Kiribati and the average number of cases for a 5-year period using the census year as the central value. NA, not available.
†Includes data for Betio from 1990–2005.
‡For the years 2007 and 2008, the location data were incomplete. Rates have been reported for 4 years with complete data. Data for all of Kiribati for 2007 and 2008 were available.