Distribution of the different cardiovascular diagnosis in patients seen at six referral hospitals
| Cardiovascular diagnosis | No. of patients | % | Median age in years (IQR) | |
| Valvular heart disease | Rheumatic valvular heart disease | 2184 | 34.6 | 25 (15–38) |
| Other valvular heart disease | 357 | 5.9 | 55 (28–68) | |
| Congenital heart disease | 1115 | 17.8 | 5 (2–10) | |
| Hypertensive heart disease | 854 | 13.6 | 55 (42–65) | |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 600 | 9.6 | 55 (45–65) | |
| Cardiomyopathy | Dilated | 477 | 7.6 | 45 (30–60) |
| Hypertrophic | 21 | 0.3 | 22 (8.75–40) | |
| Restrictive | 7 | 0.1 | 41 (35–47.5) | |
| Pulmonary hypertension (isolated) | 255 | 4.1 | 42 (26–57) | |
| Miscellaneous | 212 | 3.4 | 50 (32–60) | |
| Arrhythmia | 132 | 2.1 | 55 (40–65) | |
| Pericardial diseases | 61 | 1.0 | 35 (21.5–50) | |
| Total | 6275 | 100 | 33 (14–55) | |