From: Prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Zambian school children
Characteristic | n(%) |
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Gender | |
Female | 590 (54) |
Male | 512 (46) |
Age (years) | |
Mean (SD) | 15.4 (1.9) |
Median | 15 |
10–12 | 48 (4.4) |
13–15 | 506 (45.9) |
16–18 | 443 (40.2) |
19–21 | 40 (3.6) |
22–24 | 2 (0.2) |
Unobserved | 63 (5.7) |
Socioeconomic status | |
Lower | 658 (59.7) |
Higher | 330 (29.9) |
Unobserved | 114 (10.3) |
Schools | |
Basic schools | |
Yotam Muleya | 102 (9.3) |
Namando | 86 (7.8) |
State Lodge A | 62 (5.6) |
Hillside | 71 (6.4) |
Kaunda Square | 74 (6.7) |
Kalingalinga | 21 (1.9) |
Lotus | 75 (6.8) |
Twashuka | 52 (4.7) |
Kamulanga | 86 (7.8) |
Secondary schools | |
Matero | 123 (11.2) |
Nyumba Yanga | 100 (9.1) |
High schools | |
St. Patrick Girls | 91 (8.3) |
Kamulanga | 36 (3.3) |
Munali Boys | 51 (4.6) |
Kabulonga Boys | 72 (6.5) |