"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.
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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 | 8 | 8 |
| 1997 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 1998 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 1999 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2000 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2001 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2002 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2003 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2004 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2005 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2006 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2007 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2008 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2009 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2010 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2011 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2012 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2013 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| 2014 | 0 | 73 | 73 |
| 2015 | 0 | 65 | 65 |
| 2016 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2017 | 2 | 44 | 46 |
| 2018 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2019 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2020 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2021 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2022 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2025 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidence" by people in Profiles.
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Comparison and bias analysis of medically attended acute gastroenteritis incidence estimates derived from electronic health record surveillance versus cross-sectional surveys. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0323425.
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Chronic opioid use and incident opioid use disorders in survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer after cancer treatment. Cancer. 2025 May 15; 131(10):e35866.
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Differences in Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke Incidence Among Single-Race and Multiracial Asian and Pacific Islander Subgroups in Hawaii and California: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 May 06; 14(9):e039076.
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Epidemiology of Symptomatic Human Metapneumovirus Infection in the CASCADIA Community-Based Cohort - Oregon and Washington, 2022-2024. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2025 Apr 03; 74(11):188-193.
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Effect of Incident Stroke on Dementia Risk Over 10 Years in a Cohort of Asian American and Non-Latino White Older Adults in California. Neurology. 2025 Apr 08; 104(7):e213488.
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Sociodemographic modifiers of effects of statin initiation on dementia incidence: An emulated trial design in a large health care member population with 10+ years of follow-up. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Mar; 21(3):e14627.
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Sedentary behaviors and venous thromboembolism risk among older women: the Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health study. J Thromb Haemost. 2025 May; 23(5):1636-1647.
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Independent associations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Feb; 21(2):e14575.
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Physical activity and incident cardiovascular disease in breast cancer survivors: the Pathways Study. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Jan 03; 9(1).
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Depression and Anxiety Among US Children and Young Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2436906.