"Prevalence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to the number of new cases in the population at a given time.
| Descriptor ID |
D015995
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.525.750 N01.224.935.597.750 N06.850.505.400.975.525.750 N06.850.520.308.985.525.750
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Prevalence".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Prevalence".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Prevalence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Prevalence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1998 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2001 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2002 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2003 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2004 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2005 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2006 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2007 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2008 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2009 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2010 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2011 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2012 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2013 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2014 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2015 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 2016 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2017 | 1 | 35 | 36 |
| 2018 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2019 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2020 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2021 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2022 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2025 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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APOE-e4 carriership and dementia risk over 10 years among Asian American and White older adults. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jul; 22(7):e71615.
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Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: A Complex Interplay Between Prepregnancy Obesity, Race, and Ethnicity. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 06 16; 15(12):e044260.
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Effect of self-management interventions on high impact chronic pain prevalence. J Pain. 2026 Sep; 46:106346.
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Baseline Dementia Prevalence and Subtypes in Older Adults Hospitalized With Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Multicenter Study From a Large Integrated Health Care Delivery System. Perm J. 2026 06 15; 30(2):5-13.
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Social Risk Prevalence in Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With and Without a History of Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 03 02; 9(3):e260244.
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Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among transfeminine adults: A cohort study. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Mar; 22(3):e71277.
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Public health monitoring of diabetes in the era of electronic health records: Insights from the Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults (DiCAYA) Network. Ann Epidemiol. 2026 Mar; 115:45-49.
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Dementia incidence and prevalence in older adults with HIV: a 23-year retrospective cohort study. AIDS. 2026 Apr 01; 40(4):486-495.
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Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Influenza Virus Infections by Season: Case-Ascertained Household Transmission Studies, United States, 2017-2023. J Infect Dis. 2025 Oct 15; 232(4):e637-e641.
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Adverse childhood experiences, resilience, and substance use during early pregnancy. Prev Med. 2025 Oct; 199:108388.