All of the following statements about leprosy are true except:

• A. New case detection rate is an indicator for incidence of leprosy
• B. Multibacillary leprosy is diagnosed when there are more than 5 skin patches
• C. The target for elimation of leprosy is to reduce the prevalence to less than 1 per 10,000 population
• D. A defaulter is defined as a patient who has not taken treatment for 6 months or more