Rheumatic Heart Disease-Attributable Mortality at Ages 5–69 Years in Fiji
The current study quantifies mortality from rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in Fiji during the years 2008 to 2012 in people aged between 5 and 69 years. Using 1,773,999 records derived from multiple sources of routine clinical and administrative data, the study used probabilistic record-linkage to define a cohort of 2,619 persons diagnosed with RHD, observed for all-cause mortality over 11,538 person-years.
Study design
Cohort - clinical
Number of participants at first data collection
2,619 (participants)
Age at first data collection
5 - 69 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2008
Primary Institutions
Ministry of Health - Fiji
University of Oxford
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
British Medical Association (BMA)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Sir Halley Stewart Trust
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
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