Rheumatic Heart Disease-Attributable Mortality at Ages 5-69 Years in Fiji: A Five-Year, National, Population-Based Record-Linkage Cohort Study.

Rheumatic Heart Disease-Attributable Mortality at Ages 5-69 Years in Fiji: A Five-Year, National, Population-Based Record-Linkage Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND:Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is considered a major public health problem in developing countries, although scarce data are available to substantiate this. Here we quantify mortality from RHD in Fiji during 2008-2012 in people aged 5-69 years. METHODS AND FINDINGS:Using 1,773,999 records...

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Main Authors: Tom Parks, Joseph Kado, Anne E Miller, Brenton Ward, Rachel Heenan, Samantha M Colquhoun, Till W Bärnighausen, Mariana Mirabel, David E Bloom, Robin L Bailey, Isimeli N Tukana, Andrew C Steer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4570761?pdf=render

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