Prognosis of Rheumatic heart disease

Deaths and Mortality Rates

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

Estimated mortality rate for Rheumatic heart disease from incidence and deaths statistics:

• Deaths: 3,676 (USA annual deaths calculated from this data: 3,676 deaths (NHLBI 1999))
• Incidence: 11,571 (USA annual incidence calculated from this data: 194 annual cases in Victoria 1996 (DHS-VIC)
• 31.8% (ratio of deaths to incidence).
• See also Deaths and Rheumatic heart disease and Overview of Rheumatic heart disease.

Complications:

Complications of Rheumatic heart disease may include:

• Endocarditis
• Bacterial endocarditis
• Heart failure
• more complications...»

See also complications of Rheumatic heart disease.

Death Statistics for Rheumatic heart disease

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths related to 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)
• more death statistics...»

Rheumatic heart disease: Research More

• Rheumatic heart disease: Introduction
• Deaths: Rheumatic heart disease
• Symptoms: Rheumatic heart disease
• Complications: Rheumatic heart disease
• Causes: Rheumatic heart disease
• Treatments: Rheumatic heart disease

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Rheumatic heart disease usually refers to the likely outcome of Rheumatic heart disease. The prognosis of Rheumatic heart disease may include the duration of Rheumatic heart disease, chances of complications of Rheumatic heart disease, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Rheumatic heart disease, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Rheumatic heart disease. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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