"Incidence" 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 number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.
| Descriptor ID |
D015994
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.525.375 N01.224.935.597.500 N06.850.505.400.975.525.375 N06.850.520.308.985.525.375
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Incidence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Incidence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1996 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1997 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 1998 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 1999 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2000 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2001 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2002 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2003 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2004 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2005 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2006 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2007 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2008 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2009 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2010 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2011 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2012 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2013 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| 2014 | 0 | 74 | 74 |
| 2015 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2016 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2017 | 2 | 44 | 46 |
| 2018 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2019 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2020 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2021 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2022 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidence" by people in Profiles.
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Antiviral Treatment Reduces Risk of Development of Lung Cancer and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Nov 03; 34(11):2025-2031.
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Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry-Derived Adiposity and Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2025 Oct 03; 34(10):1801-1809.
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Incidence of Heart Failure in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Other Pacific Islander Populations. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Sep 09; 86(10):725-734.
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Pretransplant screening and lower incidence of breast and prostate cancers among organ transplant recipients in the United States. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Sep 01; 9(5).
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Development and Validation of an Incident Hypertension Risk Prediction Model for Young Adults. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jul 15; 14(14):e040769.
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Insurance type and risk of dementia diagnosis after traumatic brain injury: a study of 267 473 US civilians from 2000 to 2022. BMJ Open. 2025 Jul 01; 15(7):e095893.
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Seasonal Incidence of Human Metapneumovirus in High-Risk Adults With Medically Attended Acute Respiratory Illness in a Rural US Community. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2025 Jul; 19(7):e70119.
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Trastuzumab therapy and new-onset hypertension in adolescents and young adults with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2025 Aug; 213(1):81-92.
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Statin Initiation and Dementia Incidence in a Large Health Care System From 1997 to 2020: A Target Trial Emulation Study. Neurology. 2025 Jul 22; 105(2):e213855.
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Association of Rate-Control and Antiarrhythmic Medication Use and Risk of Ischemic Stroke and Death in Patients on Dialysis With Atrial Fibrillation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Jun 17; 14(12):e038511.