Leprosy statistics (1980s)

By William Wetherall

Patients at selected leprosariums in Japan

Numbers, percents, and ratios by sex and nationality

		Japanese				Korean				Total
		M	F	T		M	F	T		M	F	T

Kuryu Rakusen'en
(Gunma, 1932)
1987 (Aug)										320	236	556
% Total										100	100	100
% % m/f										58	42	1.4

Suruga
(Shizuoka, 1944)
1987 (Mar)		151	77	228		15	3	18		166	80	246
% Total		91.0	96.3	92.7		9.0	3.8	7.3		100	100	100
% % m/f		66.2	33.8	2.0		83.3	16.7	5.0		67.5	32.5	2.1

Nagashima Aiseien
(Okayama, 1930)
1984 (Jan)		525	360	885		79	34	113		604	394	998
% Total		86.9	91.4	88.7		13.1	8.6	11.3		100	100	100
% % m/f		59.3	40.7	1.5		69.9	30.1	2.3		60.5	39.5	1.5

1986 (Jan)		496	338	834		77	34	111		573	372	945
% Total		86.6	90.9	88.3		13.4	9.1	11.7		100	100	100
% % m/f		59.5	40.5	1.5		69.4	30.6	2.3		60.6	39.4	1.5

1988 (Jan)		464	316	780		74	33	107		538	349	887
% Total		86.2	90.5	87.9		13.8	9.5	12.1		100	100	100
% % m/f		59.5	40.5	1.5		69.2	30.8	2.2		60.7	39.3	1.5

Oku Komyoen
(Okayama, 1938)
1986 (Jan)		312	193	505		42	32	74		354	225	579
% Total		88.1	85.8	87.2		11.9	14.2	12.8		100	100	100
% % m/f		61.8	38.2	1.6		56.8	43.2	1.3		61.1	38.9	1.6

Hoshizuka Keiaien
(Kagoshima, 1935)
1988 (Jan)										399	296	695
% Total										100	100	100
% % m/f										57.4	42.6	1.3

Minobe Shinkyoen
(Yamanashi, 1906)
1988 (Feb)												20
[Private facility]