Deaths from Rheumatic heart disease

Rheumatic heart disease: Deaths

Rheumatic heart disease can result in life-threatening heart failure if the underlying cause is not treated.

Deaths from Rheumatic heart disease: 3,676 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Death Rate Extrapolation

Death rate extrapolations for USA for Rheumatic heart disease: 3,676 per year, 306 per month, 70 per week, 10 per day, 0 per hour, 0 per minute, 0 per second. Note: this automatic extrapolation calculation uses the deaths statistic: 3,676 deaths (NHLBI 1999)

Death statistics for Rheumatic heart disease

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Rheumatic heart disease:

1.0 deaths per 100,000 men for Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia 2001 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Mortality Database, 2003)
1.5 deaths per 100,000 women for Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease in Australia 2001 (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, National Mortality Database, 2003)

Hospitalizations for Rheumatic heart disease:

42,000 (NHLBI 1999) more about hospitazliations »

Rheumatic heart disease: Hospitalization Statistics

The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Rheumatic heart disease:

0.04% (5,596) of hospital episodes were for rheumatic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
79% of hospital consultations for rheumatic heart disease required hospital admission rheumatic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
39% of hospital episodes for rheumatic heart disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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