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. 2022 Jun 22;11(13):e025284. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.025284

Table 2.

Age‐Standardized Rates (95% Uncertainty Intervals) Attributable to RHD in 1990 and 2019

GBD superregion Measure Age‐standardized rate (per 100 000) % Change (1990 to 2019)
1990 2019
Both Women Men Both Women Men Both Women Men
Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia Incidence 19.3 (17.2 to 21.7) 20.7 (18.4 to 23.3) 17.7 (15.6 to 20.1) 17.4 (14.4 to 20.7) 18.5 (15.4 to 21.8) 16.1 (13.2 to 19.4) −9.9 (−17.1 to −3.3) −10.7 (−17.6 to −4.1) −8.6 (−16.3 to −1.2)
Prevalence 264.1 (235.3 to 297.4) 292.1 (260.6 to 329.1) 224.2 (198.4 to 255.6) 254.2 (217.1 to 299.7) 279.8 (239.4 to 329.5) 222.6 (187.9 to 263.6) −3.7 (−10.8 to 3.3) −4.2 (−11 to 2.8) −0.7 (−8.8 to 6.9)
Deaths 5.6 (5.4 to 5.9) 5.8 (5.6 to 6.1) 5.3 (5 to 5.7) 1.8 (1.6 to 1.9) 1.9 (1.7 to 2) 1.6 (1.5 to 1.8) −68.4 (−71.6 to −65.4) −68.1 (−71.1 to −64.5) −69.4 (−73.3 to −65.9)
DALYs 198 (188.2 to 207.1) 201.3 (191.9 to 211.1) 191.1 (178 to 203.2) 66.3 (59.2 to 74.1) 68.4 (60.1 to 77.4) 62.9 (56.5 to 71) −66.5 (−69.7 to −62.9) −66 (−69.6 to −62.3) −67.1 (−71 to −62.9)
YLLs 185.4 (177 to 193.1) 187.4 (179.4 to 195.7) 180.4 (167.8 to 192) 54 (48.4 to 59.5) 54.9 (48.6 to 61.1) 52.2 (46.7 to 58) −70.9 (−73.9 to −67.9) −70.7 (−73.8 to −67.2) −71.1 (−74.8 to −67.4)
YLDs 12.6 (8 to 18.1) 13.9 (8.9 to 20) 10.7 (6.7 to 15.5) 12.3 (7.5 to 18.3) 13.5 (8.2 to 20) 10.8 (6.6 to 16.1) −2.4 (−9.5 to 4.3) −3 (−9.9 to 4) 0.8 (−7.6 to 8.6)
High‐income Incidence 8.1 (7.2 to 9.1) 8.9 (8 to 10) 7.2 (6.4 to 8) 7.2 (6.5 to 8) 7.6 (6.9 to 8.4) 6.8 (6.1 to 7.6) −11.1 (−15.3 to −6.7) −14.9 (−19.3 to −10.3) −5 (−9.6 to 0.2)
Prevalence 98.1 (86.8 to 109.4) 108.5 (96.3 to 120.7) 85.6 (75.4 to 95.9) 93.1 (83.7 to 103.5) 100.4 (90.1 to 111.1) 85.4 (76.8 to 95.1) −5.1 (−10.5 to 0.4) −7.5 (−12.9 to −1.6) −0.2 (−6.2 to 5.9)
Deaths 2.7 (2.5 to 2.8) 3 (2.8 to 3.2) 2.2 (2.1 to 2.3) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.3) 1.3 (1.1 to 1.5) 1.1 (1 to 1.1) −55 (−58.6 to −51.7) −56.6 (−60.9 to −52.8) −52.2 (−55.1 to −49.3)
DALYs 61.4 (58.8 to 64) 68.9 (65.7 to 71.9) 51.6 (49.4 to 54.1) 24.6 (22.3 to 27) 26.2 (23.5 to 28.9) 22.4 (20.6 to 24.6) −60 (−62.3 to −57.5) −61.9 (−64.5 to −59.3) −56.6 (−59 to −53.8)
YLLs 56.2 (54 to 57.9) 63 (60.4 to 65.2) 47.1 (45.6 to 48.9) 19.7 (18 to 21.1) 20.9 (18.8 to 22.8) 18 (16.9 to 19.1) −64.9 (−67 to −62.8) −66.8 (−69.2 to −64.5) −61.8 (−63.8 to −59.7)
YLDs 5.2 (3.5 to 7.5) 5.8 (3.9 to 8.4) 4.5 (2.9 to 6.5) 4.9 (3.2 to 6.9) 5.3 (3.5 to 7.6) 4.4 (2.8 to 6.3) −6.6 (−11.6 to −1.4) −8.8 (−13.8 to −3.3) −1.8 (−7.4 to 4.4)
Latin America and Caribbean Incidence 39.2 (29.9 to 49) 41.5 (31.6 to 51.7) 36.9 (28 to 46.4) 39 (29.5 to 48.9) 41.5 (31.6 to 52.2) 36.5 (27.7 to 45.9) −0.6 (−1.8 to 0.5) 0 (−1.7 to 1.7) −1.1 (−2.8 to 0.4)
Prevalence 652.9 (511.1 to 807.9) 731.1 (574.6 to 900.2) 571 (446.6 to 715.1) 654.9 (511.5 to 812.1) 738.8 (580.1 to 910.7) 566.5 (441.6 to 708.4) 0.3 (−0.9 to 1.6) 1.1 (−0.8 to 2.8) −0.8 (−2.3 to 0.9)
Deaths 3.1 (2.9 to 3.3) 3.7 (3.4 to 4) 2.4 (2.2 to 2.6) 1.1 (1 to 1.2) 1.3 (1.1 to 1.4) 0.8 (0.8 to 0.9) −65 (−69.3 to −61.6) −65.6 (−70.2 to −61.4) −64.8 (−69.7 to −60.3)
DALYs 135.1 (121.4 to 152.1) 161.8 (144.9 to 181.3) 107 (94.2 to 122.5) 64.7 (51.3 to 81) 75.3 (59.7 to 93.9) 53.2 (41.7 to 68.2) −52.1 (−58.3 to −45.9) −53.4 (−59.8 to −46.9) −50.2 (−57.3 to −43.2)
YLLs 104.1 (99.1 to 110.4) 127.2 (117.5 to 136.5) 79.7 (74.7 to 86.3) 33.6 (29.7 to 38) 40.3 (34.7 to 47) 26.2 (23.2 to 29.6) −67.8 (−71.7 to −63.9) −68.3 (−72.5 to −63.7) −67.2 (−71.5 to −62.4)
YLDs 31 (18.4 to 47.7) 34.6 (20.6 to 52.7) 27.2 (16.1 to 42.2) 31.2 (18.4 to 48.2) 35 (20.8 to 54) 27.1 (15.9 to 42.3) 0.6 (−0.8 to 2) 1.3 (−0.8 to 3.4) −0.5 (−2.5 to 1.4)
North Africa and Middle East Incidence 23.8 (18.6 to 29.6) 24.5 (19.2 to 30.4) 23 (17.9 to 28.8) 25.6 (19.7 to 31.9) 26.5 (20.4 to 32.9) 24.8 (19 to 31) 7.8 (3.5 to 11.6) 8.3 (3.8 to 12.3) 7.5 (3 to 11.7)
Prevalence 368.8 (293.2 to 455.9) 395.7 (313.7 to 488.5) 343.2 (271.8 to 429.3) 388.9 (304.7 to 483.5) 420 (328.6 to 521) 360.4 (282.5 to 449) 5.4 (1.3 to 8.5) 6.1 (1.6 to 9.8) 5 (0.9 to 8.8)
Deaths 4.5 (3.4 to 6.7) 5.3 (3.8 to 7.5) 3.7 (2.3 to 6.3) 1.6 (1.4 to 2) 1.9 (1.5 to 2.3) 1.4 (1 to 1.8) −63.4 (−74.6 to −52.5) −63.5 (−74 to −46.8) −62.9 (−77.5 to −43.9)
DALYs 173.1 (139.6 to 223.6) 209.4 (157.4 to 256.5) 138.2 (94.4 to 205.2) 67.1 (54.2 to 82.4) 77.1 (60.9 to 94.4) 57.7 (42.2 to 74.8) −61.3 (−70.2 to −52.1) −63.2 (−71 to −48.7) −58.2 (−71.4 to −40.2)
YLLs 155.2 (123.3 to 205) 190.4 (139.9 to 235.6) 121.5 (76.7 to 184.8) 48.2 (38 to 60.8) 56.9 (43.2 to 71.3) 40.2 (27 to 54.2) −68.9 (−77.1 to −59.4) −70.1 (−77 to −55.6) −66.9 (−78.4 to −49.5)
YLDs 17.9 (10.5 to 27.4) 19 (11.3 to 29) 16.7 (9.8 to 25.8) 18.8 (11.1 to 29.2) 20.2 (12 to 31.3) 17.6 (10.3 to 27.1) 5.5 (1.1 to 9.1) 6.1 (1.2 to 10.7) 5 (0.3 to 9.5)
South Asia Incidence 42.4 (31.9 to 53.2) 49.2 (36.7 to 61.3) 36.1 (27.3 to 45.6) 43 (32.2 to 54.2) 49.2 (36.6 to 62) 37.1 (27.9 to 47.1) 1.3 (−1.7 to 4.3) 0 (−4.1 to 3.9) 2.7 (−0.6 to 5.6)
Prevalence 623.9 (481.5 to 781.4) 737.2 (565.6 to 923.1) 519.5 (404.4 to 659.7) 645.1 (498.2 to 811.7) 752.7 (579.1 to 945.3) 540.7 (415.8 to 684.7) 3.4 (0.5 to 6.2) 2.1 (−1.6 to 5.8) 4.1 (1.3 to 6.9)
Deaths 20.7 (16.9 to 26.4) 20.7 (16.2 to 25.4) 20.7 (14.6 to 30.7) 11.2 (8.6 to 13.4) 12.2 (8.6 to 16.4) 10.1 (7.7 to 14.5) −45.9 (−59.6 to −30.6) −41 (−59.1 to −17.5) −51 (−64.9 to −35.3)
DALYs 630.7 (525.2 to 772.2) 650 (519.8 to 782.7) 613.1 (456.2 to 852.3) 348.5 (272.4 to 412.2) 382.2 (278.6 to 511.1) 314.9 (246.9 to 417.6) −44.7 (−56.5 to −32.2) −41.2 (−55.4 to −23.3) −48.6 (−60.3 to −33.7)
YLLs 600.4 (495.2 to 739.6) 614.4 (483.9 to 743.1) 587.6 (431.3 to 824.7) 317 (243.6 to 381) 345.7 (243.6 to 470) 288.3 (222.1 to 388.9) −47.2 (−58.9 to −34.1) −43.7 (−58.9 to −24.9) −50.9 (−62.8 to −35.7)
YLDs 30.3 (18.4 to 46.3) 35.5 (21.8 to 54) 25.5 (15.4 to 39) 31.5 (19 to 48) 36.5 (22.2 to 55.5) 26.6 (15.9 to 40.8) 3.9 (1 to 6.5) 2.7 (−1 to 6.4) 4.4 (1.1 to 7.5)
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania Incidence 26 (20.5 to 32.2) 27.4 (21.6 to 33.7) 24.7 (19.4 to 30.6) 21.9 (17.2 to 27.1) 23.3 (18.3 to 28.9) 20.6 (16.1 to 25.7) −15.9 (−17.7 to −14.3) −15 (−17 to −13.1) −16.3 (−18.3 to −14.3)
Prevalence 397.1 (316 to 491.9) 431 (345.5 to 533.1) 364.1 (288.5 to 452) 355.3 (283.6 to 436.6) 394.4 (316.3 to 484.5) 317.2 (253.7 to 391.2) −10.5 (−12.4 to −8.6) −8.5 (−10.7 to −6.4) −12.9 (−15.2 to −10.3)
Deaths 14.3 (12.4 to 16.8) 16.8 (13.9 to 20.4) 11.6 (9.4 to 13.8) 3.5 (3 to 4) 3.6 (2.9 to 4.3) 3.5 (2.8 to 4.3) −75.4 (−81.2 to −69.1) −78.8 (−84.1 to −72) −69.9 (−78.5 to −57.3)
DALYs 356 (310.9 to 405.9) 430.5 (361.4 to 514.7) 280.1 (231 to 329.1) 91.8 (79.6 to 103.9) 96.4 (81.9 to 112.3) 87.5 (72 to 103.8) −74.2 (−79.2 to −69) −77.6 (−82.7 to −71.6) −68.8 (−76.6 to −58.1)
YLLs 335.9 (293.2 to 385.1) 408.5 (340.3 to 491.5) 261.8 (213.4 to 309) 73.5 (62.9 to 83.4) 75.8 (62.7 to 89.7) 71.3 (57.8 to 86) −78.1 (−82.7 to −73) −81.4 (−85.8 to −75.8) −72.8 (−80.2 to −62)
YLDs 20.2 (12.1 to 30.9) 22 (13.4 to 33.4) 18.4 (11.1 to 28.4) 18.3 (11 to 27.8) 20.5 (12.4 to 31) 16.2 (9.7 to 24.9) −9 (−11.2 to −6.6) −6.6 (−9.2 to −3.8) −11.9 (−14.6 to −8.9)
Sub‐Saharan Africa Incidence 67.3 (50.6 to 85.6) 69.4 (52 to 88.2) 65.1 (48.9 to 82.4) 70 (52.4 to 88.8) 72.4 (54 to 91.9) 67.6 (50.4 to 85.9) 4.1 (2.6 to 5.8) 4.4 (2.6 to 6.3) 3.7 (2 to 5.8)
Prevalence 984.2 (766.4 to 1237.4) 1028.3 (799.3 to 1287.9) 938.7 (730.1 to 1179.7) 1030.9 (799 to 1297.8) 1080 (833.7 to 1349.2) 978.4 (757.7 to 1232.7) 4.8 (3.4 to 6.3) 5 (3.3 to 6.8) 4.2 (2.5 to 6.2)
Deaths 5.7 (4.6 to 6.8) 6 (4.4 to 7.4) 5.3 (3.7 to 7.6) 2.6 (2.1 to 3) 2.5 (2 to 3.2) 2.6 (2.1 to 3.3) −54.9 (−63.8 to −44.7) −58.1 (−66.4 to −47.1) −50.8 (−64.3 to −32.4)
DALYs 216.8 (178.4 to 259.6) 233.6 (180.6 to 281.5) 199.5 (151 to 258.7) 119.8 (94.9 to 148.8) 121.3 (94.6 to 151.7) 118.2 (91.5 to 149.4) −44.7 (−54.6 to −34.7) −48.1 (−56.9 to −36.6) −40.8 (−54.9 to −25.2)
YLLs 169.8 (138.2 to 205.9) 184.7 (136.7 to 226.4) 154.4 (111.1 to 216.4) 70.4 (58 to 85.3) 69.8 (54.3 to 88.1) 71.1 (56.2 to 90.7) −58.5 (−67.5 to −48.8) −62.2 (−69.4 to −51.5) −54 (−67.4 to −37.1)
YLDs 47 (27.9 to 73.5) 48.9 (29 to 76.4) 45 (26.6 to 70.7) 49.4 (29.4 to 76.9) 51.5 (30.8 to 80.2) 47.1 (27.8 to 73.8) 5.1 (3.7 to 6.8) 5.3 (3.3 to 7.2) 4.7 (2.7 to 6.7)

DALY indicates disability‐adjusted life year; GBD, Global Burden of Disease; RHD, rheumatic heart disease; YLDs, years lived with disability; and YLLs, years of life lost.