Aims:
  • To describe the epidemiology for a comprehensive reassessment of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) burden in 21 regions of the world for the period 1990 to 2009.
Objectives:
  • To produce estimates of the burden of diseases, injuries and risk factors for 1990 and 2005, using new data and improved techniques
  • To develop a series of tools for use by specific audiences, to standardise and broaden the burden of disease research and analysis. 
Summary:

A systematic review of RHD population based data was undertaken by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) RHD writing group. Data was sent to the core GBD Group at Washington State University. Final estimates will be available in 2013.

Implications for policy and practice:

This project will update the global epidemiology of RHD, providing estimates for prevalence, incidence, mortality, YLL, YLD and DALYs for 21 global regions.

Our research has found: 

Analysis is not yet completed, data will be provided in mid-2013.

Chief investigator and project manager:
  • Samantha Colquhoun 
Contact information:
  • Samantha Colquhoun 
Project dates:

The project commenced in 2010 and is due for completion in 2013.

Collaborators:

Global Burden of Disease study core group:

  • Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington
  • Harvard University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of Queensland
  • World Health Organisation.

Initial GBD core group publications listed below:

  1. Murray, C. J., Vos, T., Lozano, R., Naghavi, M., Flaxman, A. D., Michaud, C., et al. (2012). Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2197-2223.
  2. Vos, T., Flaxman, A. D., Naghavi, M., Lozano, R., Michaud, C., Ezzati, M., et al. (2012). Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2163-2196.
  3. Murray, C. J., Vos, T., Lozano, R., Naghavi, M., Flaxman, A. D., Michaud, C., et al. (2012). Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet, 380(9859), 2197-2223.