Table 2.
First author (Reference number) |
Study year | No. of subjects | Setting | Age group, years | Prevalence/1000 |
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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.
No mention about echocardiography.
Echocardiography not used.