Rheumatic heart disease mortality in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians between 2010 and 2017

To generate contemporary age-specific mortality rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aged <65 years who died from rheumatic heart disease between 2013 and 2017, and to ascertain the underlying causes of death of a prevalent RHD cohort aged <65 years who died during the same period.

Citation:
Stacey I, Seth R, Nedkoff L, Hung J, Wade V, Haynes E, Carapetis J, Murray K, Bessarab D, Katzenellenbogen JM. Rheumatic heart disease mortality in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians between 2010 and 2017. Heart. 2023

Keywords:
epidemiology; global burden of disease; heart valve diseases; outcome assessment, health care; research design

Abstract:
To generate contemporary age-specific mortality rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians aged <65 years who died from rheumatic heart disease between 2013 and 2017, and to ascertain the underlying causes of death of a prevalent RHD cohort aged <65 years who died during the same period.