Table 2.

Northern Territory Rheumatic Heart Disease^* Deaths by Period, 1977–2005

Indigenous Status	Male			Female			Total
Period	n	Rate†	CI	n	Rate	CI	n	Rate	CI
Indigenous
1977–1986	32	23.2	13.7 to 32.8	49	43.5	27.6 to 59.5	81	33.5	24.2 to 42.8
1987–1996	40	25.5	15.4 to 35.6	49	31.2	21.8 to 40.6	89	28.2	21.5 to 35.0
1997–2005	30	14.8	0.80 to 21.6	53	33.1	22.3 to 44.0	83	25.3	18.3 to 32.2
1977–2005	102	20.5	15.6 to 25.4	151	35.2	28.4 to 42.1	253	28.4	24.1 to 32.7
Non-Indigenous
1977–1986	6	2.9	0.0 to 5.8	6	10.6	0.1 to 21.0	12	6.9	1.3 to 12.6
1987–1996	7	2.1	0.5 to 3.8	2	1	0.0 to 2.4	9	1.6	0.5 to 2.8
1997–2005	1	0.1	0.0 to 0.4	5	2.5	0.2 to 4.9	6	1.3	0.1 to 2.6
1977–2005	14	1.3	0.6 to 2.1	13	3.1	1.2 to 4.9	27	2.3	1.3 to 2.4

^*Underlying cause.

^†Per 100 000.