Population Surveillance

"Population Surveillance" 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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Ongoing scrutiny of a population (general population, study population, target population, etc.), generally using methods distinguished by their practicability, uniformity, and frequently their rapidity, rather than by complete accuracy.

Descriptor ID	D011159
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.308.980.438.700 N05.715.360.300.800.438.625 N06.850.520.308.980.438.700 N06.850.780.675
Concept/Terms	Population Surveillance Population Surveillance Surveillance, Population

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

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Surveys and Questionnaires [E05.318.308.980]
Health Surveys [E05.318.308.980.438]
Population Surveillance [E05.318.308.980.438.700]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
Surveys and Questionnaires [N05.715.360.300.800]
Health Surveys [N05.715.360.300.800.438]
Population Surveillance [N05.715.360.300.800.438.625]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Surveys and Questionnaires [N06.850.520.308.980]
Health Surveys [N06.850.520.308.980.438]
Population Surveillance [N06.850.520.308.980.438.700]
Public Health Practice [N06.850.780]
Population Surveillance [N06.850.780.675]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Population Surveillance".

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

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Population Surveillance" by people in this website by year, and whether "Population Surveillance" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 210 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2005 and 2013 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	2	2
1999	1	0	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	3	4	7
2003	3	3	6
2004	1	3	4
2005	4	12	16
2006	0	11	11
2007	2	7	9
2008	4	3	7
2009	2	9	11
2010	2	5	7
2011	5	6	11
2012	3	3	6
2013	9	7	16
2014	7	8	15
2015	4	5	9
2016	8	6	14
2017	1	8	9
2018	5	5	10
2019	7	9	16
2020	3	5	8
2021	1	7	8
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2
2025	1	0	1
2026	1	0	1

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

van Wees DA, Sarink D, van Benthem BHB, Kampman K, van Bokhoven C, van Aar F. Lost and Not Found: Determinants and Patterns of Loss to Follow-Up Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Dutch HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Pilot Program. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2026 May 01; 101(5):455-463.

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Gierbolini-Rivera RD, De Paula da Silva AA, Silva MF, Favar?o Le?o AL, Ramirez-Marrero FA. Physical Activity in Puerto Rico: Recommendations for Research, Surveillance, and Policy Development. P R Health Sci J. 2025 Mar; 44(1):63-68.

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Akinyemi O, Ogundare T, Oladunjoye AF, Nasef KE, Lipscombe C, Akinbote JA, Bezold M. Factors associated with suicide/self-inflicted injuries among women aged 18-65 years in the United States: A 13-year retrospective analysis of the National Inpatient Sample database. PLoS One. 2023; 18(10):e0287141.

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Amani B, McAndrew B, Sharif MZ, Garcia J, Nwankwo E, Cabral A, Abotsi-Kowu C, Khan H, Le C, Ponder ML, Ford CL. An Equity-Based Scoring System for Evaluating Surveillance-Related Harm in Public Health Crises. Ethn Dis. 2023 01; 33(1):63-75.

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Tran PT, Nduaguba SO, Diaby V, Choi Y, Winterstein AG. RSV testing practice and positivity by patient demographics in the United States: integrated analyses of MarketScan and NREVSS databases. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Aug 08; 22(1):681.

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Lee HJ, Han KD, Park HE, Han JH, Bang CH, Park YM, Lee JH. Changes in metabolic syndrome and risk of psoriasis: a nationwide population-based study. Sci Rep. 2021 12 15; 11(1):24043.

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Saunders N, Guttmann A, Brownell M, Cohen E, Fu L, Guan J, Sarkar J, Mahar A, Gandhi S, Fiksenbaum L, Katz A, Eze N, Stukel TA. Pediatric primary care in Ontario and Manitoba after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study. CMAJ Open. 2021 Oct-Dec; 9(4):E1149-E1158.

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Howard JT, Sparks CS, Santos-Lozada AR, Olowolaju SA, Janak JC, Howard KJ. Trends in Mortality Among Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Women in the US, 2015-2019. JAMA. 2021 Oct 26; 326(16):1631-1633.

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Lee YB, Lee JH, Kim YH, Seo JM, Yu DS, Park YG, Han KD. Positive association between actinic keratosis and internal malignancies: a nationwide population-based cohort study. Sci Rep. 2021 10 05; 11(1):19769.

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Parada H, Vu AH, Pinheiro PS, Thompson CA. Comparing Age at Cancer Diagnosis between Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2021 10; 30(10):1904-1912.

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