"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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1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
2007 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
2008 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2010 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2013 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2018 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
2019 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Reassessment of the Hispanic Disparity: Hepatic Steatosis Is More Prevalent in Mexican Americans Than Other Hispanics. Hepatol Commun. 2021 12; 5(12):2068-2079.
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Population-Based Frequency of Ophthalmic Adverse Events in Melanoma, Other Cancers, and After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 04; 224:282-291.
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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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Association between Exercise Intensity and Glaucoma in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2020 Sep - Oct; 3(5):393-402.
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Indirect violence exposure and mental health symptoms among an urban public-school population: Prevalence and correlates. PLoS One. 2019; 14(11):e0224499.
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Rationale and design of a multicenter Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and at-risk for CKD electronic health records-based registry: CURE-CKD. BMC Nephrol. 2019 11 20; 20(1):416.
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Refractive Errors and Amblyopia Among Children Screened by the UCLA Preschool Vision Program in Los Angeles County. Am J Ophthalmol. 2020 02; 210:78-85.
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Pain Intensity among Community-Dwelling African American Older Adults in an Economically Disadvantaged Area of Los Angeles: Social, Behavioral, and Health Determinants. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 10 14; 16(20).
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The guidelines on infection control in prisons need revising. Lancet. 2019 Jul 27; 394(10195):301-302.
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Obesity and Polypharmacy among African American Older Adults: Gender as the Moderator and Multimorbidity as the Mediator. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 06 20; 16(12).