Basic Summary for Rheumatic fever

Main name of condition: Rheumatic fever

What is Rheumatic fever?
  Brief description of Rheumatic fever: Bacterial infection affecting joints, heart and blood vessels.
  Parent types of Rheumatic fever: Group A Streptococcal Infections, Rheumatic conditions, Blood vessel conditions, Heart conditions, Bacterial diseases
  Organs Affected by Rheumatic fever: joints, heart, blood vessels
  Types of Rheumatic fever: Acute rheumatic fever, Chronic rheumatic fever

How many people get Rheumatic fever?
Incidence (annual) of Rheumatic fever: 12 per 1000 (NHIS95)
Incidence Rate of Rheumatic fever: approx 1 in 83 or 1.20% or 3.3 million people in USA [about data]

Who gets Rheumatic fever?
Patient Profile for Rheumatic fever: Mostly children and teens; typically children 5-15

How serious is Rheumatic fever?
Deaths for Rheumatic fever: 3,767 deaths reported in USA 1999 for acute rheumatic fever and chronic rheumatic conditions (NVSR Sep 2001)
Complications of Rheumatic fever: see complications of Rheumatic fever

What causes Rheumatic fever?
  Class of Condition for Rheumatic fever: bacterial
  Causes of Rheumatic fever: see causes of Rheumatic fever
  Risk factors for Rheumatic fever: see risk factors for Rheumatic fever

What are the symptoms of Rheumatic fever?
  Incubation period for Rheumatic fever: 18 days (after exposure such as strep throat)
  Duration of Rheumatic fever: 3 months with gradual recovery
  Symptoms of Rheumatic fever: see symptoms of Rheumatic fever

How is it treated?
Treatments for Rheumatic fever: see treatments for Rheumatic fever

Society issues for Rheumatic fever
Hospitalization statistics for Rheumatic fever: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Rheumatic fever:

0.0002% (27) of hospital consultant episodes were for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
78% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
26% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
74% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
76% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
9.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
32 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
70% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.0004% (207) of hospital bed days were for rheumatic fever without mention of heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.003% (42) of hospital consultant episodes were for rheumatic fever with heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
71% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever with heart involvement required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
33% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever with heart involvement were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever with heart involvement were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
70% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever with heart involvement required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
12.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for rheumatic fever with heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
8 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for rheumatic fever with heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
44 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for rheumatic fever with heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
60% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever with heart involvement occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever with heart involvement occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
12% of hospital consultant episodes for rheumatic fever with heart involvement were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.001% (326) of hospital bed days were for rheumatic fever with heart involvement in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)

Last revision: June 13, 2003

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