Heart Diseases Among School Pupils in U. A. R. Part 1 (Age, Sex and Geographical Distribution) | ||||
| The Egyptian Statistical Journal | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 14, Issue 2, December 1970, Page 59-78 PDF (13.9 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/esju.1970.315806 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| A. E. Sarhan | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| A sample of 118, 322 school pupils between age of 6-18 years was examined for existence of heart diseases, distributed between urban and rural areas as well over all governorates in U. A. R. A total of 6.6 per thousand rate of heart disease prevalence was noticed. Rheumatic mitral, valve affection represented almost 80% of the cases, congenital heart 16% and 4%, other lesions. Functional murmurs were of 7 per thousand rates among examined pupils. No observed statistical differences were noticed between ages, sexes, urban and rural or between governorates. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Heart Diseases; Urban Areas - Rural Areas - Congenital Heart - Valve Affection - Rheumatic Mitral - U. A. R | ||||
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