Table 2.

Prevalence of RF and RHD per 1000 reported by community/school studies in Bangladesh.

First author (Reference number)	Study year	No. of subjects	Setting	Age group, years	Prevalence/1000
					RF	RHD	RF& RHD
Malik A.2,a	1976	7062	Hospital, community and factory	All		7.5
Banoo H.3	1987	4349	School, urban	4–17	43.9	5.1	48.9
Mahmud RS.4	1989	5011	School, urban	5–18	0.9	2.8	3.6
Begum UHN5,b	1990	10,538	School, urban	5–15	2.4	0.2	2.6
Ahmed J.6	1991	5923	Community, rural	5–15	1.2	1.3	2.5
Zaman MM (current study)	2005	56,827	Community, rural & urban	5–19	0.6	0.3	0.9

RF indicates rheumatic fever; RHD, rheumatic heart disease.

^aNo mention about echocardiography.

^bEchocardiography not used.