"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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| 1995 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1996 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1997 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 1998 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 1999 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2000 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2001 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2002 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2003 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2004 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2005 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2006 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2007 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2008 | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| 2009 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2010 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2011 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2012 | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| 2013 | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| 2014 | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| 2015 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2016 | 0 | 58 | 58 |
| 2017 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2018 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| 2019 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2020 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2021 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| 2022 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Prevalence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and chronic hypertension increased throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in South Carolina (2015-2021). Women Health. 2025 Feb; 65(2):182-196.
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Trends in Gestational Weight Gain and Prepregnancy Obesity in South Carolina, 2015-2021. Prev Chronic Dis. 2024 Dec 12; 21:E98.
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Increasing Prevalence of Diagnosed Gestational Diabetes in South Carolina: 2015-2021. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 Nov; 33(11):1518-1527.
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Prevalence and concordance of oral and genital HPV by sexual orientation among US men. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2023 Jan 03; 7(1).
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A Cross-Sectional Study of the Prevalence of Anal Dysplasia among Women with High-Grade Cervical, Vaginal, and Vulvar Dysplasia or Cancer: The PANDA Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022 12 05; 31(12):2185-2191.
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Associations between type of blood collection, analytical approach, mean haemoglobin and anaemia prevalence in population-based surveys: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Glob Health. 2022 Nov 23; 12:04088.
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Study Protocol of "Sustainably Healthy-From Science 2 Highschool & University"-Prevalence of Mixed, Vegetarian, and Vegan Diets Linked to Sports & Exercise among Austrian Tertiary Students and Lecturers/Academic Staff. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 19; 19(22).
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Characterising the prevalence of overweight and obese status among adults with sickle cell disease. Br J Haematol. 2023 03; 200(5):633-642.
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Low Prevalence but High Impact of COVID-19 Positive Status in Adult Trauma Patients: A Multi-institutional Analysis of 28?904 Patients. Am Surg. 2023 Feb; 89(2):216-223.
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Prevalence of Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Flint, Michigan, 5 Years After the Onset of the Water Crisis. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 09 01; 5(9):e2232556.