OBJECTIVE: To estimate the frequency of people with leprosy-related physical disabilities after release from multidrug treatment and to analyze their spatial distribution. METHODS: Descriptive cross-sectional study with 232 leprosy patients treated between 1998 and 2006. Physical disabilities were assessed using the World Health Organization disability grading and the eye-hand-foot (EHF) sum score. The residential address of patients and rehabilitation centers were geocoded. It was estimated the overall frequency of physical disability and frequency by disability grade (grade 0, grade 1, […]