Table 4.
Cardiac disease distribution by sex and residency among patients registered and started follow up at the cardiac clinic of JUSH, during the period from Sep 14, 2003 – Sep 14 2008.
| Etiology | Sex | Residential area | |||
| Male | Female | Urban | Semi-urban | Rural | |
| RHD | 118 (46.1%) |
138 (53.9%) |
76 (30.0%) |
39 (15.4%) |
138 (54.5%) |
| HHD | 118 (62.4%) |
71 (37.7%) |
63 (33.7%) |
40 (21.4%) |
84 (44.9%) |
| Cardiomyopathy | 79 (50.0%) |
79 (50.0%) |
43 (27.9%) |
18 (11.7%) |
93 (60.4%) |
| IHD | 57 (60.6%) |
37 (39.4%) |
39 (41.9%) |
12 (12.9%) |
42 (45.2%) |
| Cor-pulmonale | 13 (43.3%) |
17 (56.7%) |
15 (50.0%) |
3 (10.0%) |
12 (40.0%) |
| Arrhythmia | 14 (51.9%) |
13 (48.1%) |
11 (40.7%) |
1 (3.7%) |
15 (55.6%) |
| Others | 10 (37.0%) |
17 (63.0%) |
7 (25.9%) |
4 (14.8%) |
16 (59.3%) |
| Total | 409 (52.4%) |
372 (47.6%) |
254 (32.9%) |
117 (15.2%) |
400 (51.9%) |
| P-value* | 0.005 | 0.025 | |||
*
p-value from Chi-square test