容县地处广西东南部 ,全县人口72 4342人 ,40多年来采取了有效的麻风防治措施 ,1987年 9月经自治区考核验收 ,容县“基本消灭麻风病”。 1999年底 ,患病率已下降到 0 .0 0 2 7‰ ,近 5年平均发现率下降到 0 .17 10万。现对流行情况和防治效果分析如下 :流行情况　截止到 1999年 Rongxian County is located in southeastern Guangxi. The county has a population of 72,442 people. Effective leprosy control measures have been adopted for more than 40 years. In 1987, the county passed the examination and acceptance by autonomous regions and Rongxian County basically eliminated leprosy. By the end of 1999, the prevalence rate had dropped to 0.027% and the average detection rate in the recent five years dropped to 0.171 million. The epidemic situation and the prevention and control effect are as follows: The epidemic is as of 1999