June's mother came from a girl to see Elizabeth, the first internal Diocesan Antonio Colony (Ceará), in hiding since the leprosy patients could not be in contact with children. It is particularly important to reaffirm the non-relation between the more populated and more detection of cases of leprosy in all regions although population growth is mainly located in urban areas .. While in the 40s, the degree of urbanization of the country was approximately 30%, in 2000, 85% of the population lived in urban areas.