"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 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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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.
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Contemporary Patterns in HPV-Associated Cancer Incidence Among Young US Men. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 02; 38(3):817-819.
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Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Infection Among Women Born in the 1990s vs the 1980s and Association With HPV Vaccination in the US. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 08 05; 3(8):e222706.
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Prevalence, predictors, and prognosis of mortality among elderly stroke patients with convulsive status epilepticus in the United States. J Neurol Sci. 2022 09 15; 440:120342.