Table 5-1. – Regional cardiovascular disease (infective endocarditis, rheumatic and non-rheumatic valve diseases) in 2021 in Tropical South America (Brazil and Paraguay): counts and age-standardized rates per 100 000.

Cardiovascular disease type	Prevalent cases (count)	Deaths (count)	Prevalence (rate/100 000)	Deaths (rate/100 000)	DALYs (rate/100 000)
Rheumatic heart disease	3 047 102	2823	1266.6	1.1	93.5
Non-rheumatic calcific aortic valve disease	359 861	4059	140.6	1.6	32.2
Non-rheumatic degenerative mitral valve disease	112 951	1761	44.0	0.7	17.2
Other non-rheumatic valve diseases	474	75	0.2	<0.1	0.8
Infective endocarditis	15 053	2775	6.7	1.1	34.6

Source: Adapted from Lindstrom et al. ¹⁸⁶