Table 2

Hospital admissions for rheumatic heart disease.2

Country Admissions as percentage
of all cardiac admissions
Asia
 Bangladesh34.0
 Burma30.0
 India16.5–50.6
 Mongolia30.0
 Pakistan23.0
 Thailand34.0
Africa
 Ethiopia34.8
 Ghana20.6
 Malawi23.0
 Nigeria18.1–23.0
 South Africa25.0
 Tanzania9.7
 Uganda24.7
 Zambia18.2