"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Incidence".
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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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| 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 | 27 | 27 |
| 2010 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2011 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2012 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2013 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| 2014 | 0 | 73 | 73 |
| 2015 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2016 | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| 2017 | 2 | 42 | 44 |
| 2018 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2019 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2020 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2021 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2022 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2026 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidence" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiovascular and Kidney Events Associated with Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability among Young Adults with Hypertension. Am J Hypertens. 2026 Aug 01; 39(8):988-996.
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Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes for heart failure with improved ejection fraction by chronological age. ESC Heart Fail. 2026 Jul 04; 13(4).
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Venous Thromboembolism Risk and Prevention After Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery: Real World Evidence From a Large Integrated Healthcare System. J Surg Oncol. 2026 Aug; 134(2):248-256.
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Blunt Tibial Injury Is Associated With Primary Amputation for Lower Extremity Vascular Trauma. J Surg Res. 2026 Jul; 323:159-164.
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Colorectal Cancer and Mortality Risk Among Older Adults With vs Without Adenoma on Prior Colonoscopy. JAMA. 2026 05 05; 335(17):1499-1506.
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Real-world incidence of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction in a large, diverse, and contemporary cohort. ESC Heart Fail. 2026 05 05; 13(3).
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Increased Risk of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Among Multiracial Asian and Pacific Islander Adults With Diabetes: Evidence From Electronic Health Records. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 May 05; 15(9):e043657.
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Novel amino acid and fatty acid signatures linked to type 2 diabetes risk after gestational diabetes mellitus. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2026 Apr 03; 25(1).
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Incident diabetes after switching to integrase strand transfer inhibitors in people with HIV in the USA and Canada: a cohort study. Lancet HIV. 2026 May; 13(5):e297-e305.
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DXA-Derived Abdominal Adiposity and Obesity-Related Cancer Risk Among Postmenopausal Women in the Women's Health Initiative. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2026 May; 34(5):997-1009.