Prevalence

"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.

MeSH information

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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
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
Concept/Terms	Prevalence Prevalence Prevalences

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Prevalence".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Vital Statistics [E05.318.308.985]
Morbidity [E05.318.308.985.525]
Prevalence [E05.318.308.985.525.750]
Health Care [N]
Population Characteristics [N01]
Demography [N01.224]
Vital Statistics [N01.224.935]
Morbidity [N01.224.935.597]
Prevalence [N01.224.935.597.750]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Measurements [N06.850.505]
Demography [N06.850.505.400]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.505.400.975]
Morbidity [N06.850.505.400.975.525]
Prevalence [N06.850.505.400.975.525.750]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Vital Statistics [N06.850.520.308.985]
Morbidity [N06.850.520.308.985.525]
Prevalence [N06.850.520.308.985.525.750]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Prevalence".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Prevalence".

publications

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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.

Bar chart showing 1031 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 76 publications in 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1991	0	1	1
1992	0	1	1
1993	0	2	2
1994	0	1	1
1995	0	4	4
1996	0	2	2
1997	0	2	2
1998	0	3	3
1999	0	9	9
2000	0	4	4
2001	0	7	7
2002	0	23	23
2003	0	23	23
2004	0	36	36
2005	0	45	45
2006	0	40	40
2007	0	61	61
2008	0	73	73
2009	0	43	43
2010	0	59	59
2011	0	55	55
2012	0	58	58
2013	0	70	70
2014	0	67	67
2015	0	60	60
2016	0	63	63
2017	2	59	61
2018	0	76	76
2019	0	56	56
2020	0	25	25
2021	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.

Hitchon CA, Walld R, Peschken CA, Bernstein CN, Bolton JM, El-Gabalawy R, Fisk JD, Katz A, Lix LM, Marriott J, Patten SB, Sareen J, Singer A, Marrie RA. Impact of Psychiatric Comorbidity on Health Care Use in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 01; 73(1):90-99.

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Folayan MO, Alimi P, Alade MO, Tantawi ME, Adeniyi AA, Finlayson TL. Validation of maternal report of early childhood caries status in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. BMC Oral Health. 2020 11 25; 20(1):336.

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Poudyal IP, Khanal P, Mishra SR, Malla M, Poudel P, Jha RK, Phuyal A, Barakoti A, Adhikari B. Cardiometabolic risk factors among patients with tuberculosis attending tuberculosis treatment centers in Nepal. BMC Public Health. 2020 Sep 05; 20(1):1364.

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Chang MY, Doppee D, Yu F, Perez C, Coleman AL, Pineles SL. Prevalence of Ophthalmologic Diagnoses in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using the Optum Dataset: APopulation-Based Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 01; 221:147-153.

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Folayan MO, Alade M, Adeniyi A, El Tantawi M, Finlayson TL. Association between maternal socioeconomic factors, decision-making status, and dental utilization by children with early childhood caries in sub-urban Nigeria. J Public Health Dent. 2020 09; 80(4):288-296.

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Taggart T, Liang Y, Pina P, Albritton T. Awareness of and willingness to use PrEP among Black and Latinx adolescents residing in higher prevalence areas in the United States. PLoS One. 2020; 15(7):e0234821.

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Folayan MO, El Tantawi M, Oginni AB, Alade M, Adeniyi A, Finlayson TL. Malnutrition, enamel defects, and early childhood caries in preschool children in a sub-urban Nigeria population. PLoS One. 2020; 15(7):e0232998.

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Desai R, Patel U, Parekh T, Hanna B, Sitammagari K, Fong HK, Lodhi MU, Varma Y, Damarlapally N, Doshi R, Savani S, Kumar G, Sachdeva R. Nationwide Trends in Prevalent Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Diseases in Young Adults: Differences by Sex and Race and In-Hospital Outcomes. South Med J. 2020 06; 113(6):311-319.

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Gallo LG, Martinez-Cajas J, Peixoto HM, Pereira ACEDS, Carter JE, McKeown S, Schaub B, Ventura CV, de França GVA, Pomar L, Ventura LO, Nerurkar VR, de Araújo WN, Velez MP. Another piece of the Zika puzzle: assessing the associated factors to microcephaly in a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jun 01; 20(1):827.

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Brown JM, Siddiqui M, Calhoun DA, Carey RM, Hopkins PN, Williams GH, Vaidya A. The Unrecognized Prevalence of Primary Aldosteronism: A Cross-sectional Study. Ann Intern Med. 2020 07 07; 173(1):10-20.

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