Heart Diseases Among School Pupils in U. A. R. Part 1 (Age, Sex and Geographical Distribution)

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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.

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