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Rheumatic heart disease in India
A K Agarwal1, M Yunus, J Ahmad
1Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru, Medical College Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
Journal of the Royal Society of Health
|October 1, 1995
Abstract:
A cross-sectional study was carried out in rural areas of Jawan Block, District Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, covering a total population of 3760 drawn from 11 villages. The total number of confirmed cases of rheumatic heart disease was 24 with a prevalence rate of 6.4 per 1000 of the general rural population. The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease increased with age until the age of 25 years. Females were more prone to rheumatic heart disease compared to males. Socio-economic class had a direct impact on the occurrence of rheumatic heart disease.