"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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| 1994 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2001 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2002 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2003 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2004 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2005 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2006 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2007 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2008 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2009 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2010 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2011 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2012 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2013 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2014 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2015 | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| 2016 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2017 | 1 | 39 | 40 |
| 2018 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| 2019 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2020 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2021 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2022 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluation of mean corpuscular volume among anemic people with HIV in North America following ART initiation. AIDS Res Ther. 2024 Aug 07; 21(1):52.
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Prevalence of Adolescents Meeting Criteria for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. Pediatrics. 2024 Mar 01; 153(3).
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Unsatisfactory Fecal Immunochemical Tests for Colorectal Cancer Screening: Prevalence, Reasons, and Subsequent Testing. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2024 Feb 06; 33(2):215-223.
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The forecasted prevalence of comorbidities and multimorbidity in people with HIV in the United States through the year 2030: A modeling study. PLoS Med. 2024 Jan; 21(1):e1004325.
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Smoking status and the association between patient-level factors and survival among lung cancer patients. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 08 08; 115(8):937-948.
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Prevalence of and Eligibility for Surveillance Without Anticoagulation Among Adults With Lower-Risk Acute Subsegmental Pulmonary Embolism. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 08 01; 6(8):e2326898.
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Population-Based Estimates for the Prevalence of Multiple Sclerosis in the United States by Race, Ethnicity, Age, Sex, and Geographic Region. JAMA Neurol. 2023 07 01; 80(7):693-701.
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Prevalence, Progression, and Modifiable Risk Factors for Diabetic Retinopathy in Youth and Young Adults With Youth-Onset Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study. Diabetes Care. 2023 06 01; 46(6):1252-1260.
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Prevalence of cardiovascular disease among Asian, Pacific Islander and multi-race populations in Hawai'i and California. BMC Public Health. 2023 05 15; 23(1):885.
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Prevalence of self-inflicted injuries among transgender and gender diverse adolescents and young adults compared to their peers: an examination of interaction with mental health morbidity. Ann Epidemiol. 2023 May; 81:40-46.e2.