The prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Denver school children was 1.7 per 1,000, with higher rates among older students and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
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Low RHD prevalence in US schoolchildren warrants caution against routine screening; leaves open targeted approaches in higher-risk subgroups.
W. E. Morton (1967) studied this question.
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