"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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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2009 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2012 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2013 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2014 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2015 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2018 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Prevalence of Myocilin Mutations in a Cohort of Patients with Juvenile Open-Angle Glaucoma from sub-Saharan Africa. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2025 Sep-Oct; 8(5):450-456.
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Associations Between Socioeconomic Factors and Neovascular Glaucoma in a United States Medicare Population. J Glaucoma. 2025 Nov 01; 34(11):940-945.
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Ecological momentary assessment study of same-hour polysubstance use among people who use opioids and additional substances. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Apr 01; 269:112582.
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Occupational exposures and age-related cataract: A review. Arch Environ Occup Health. 2024; 79(9-10):283-292.
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Associations between Statin Use and Glaucoma in the All of Us Research Program. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2024 Nov-Dec; 7(6):563-571.
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence and Treatment Patterns for Neovascular Glaucoma in the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS? Registry. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2024 Nov-Dec; 7(6):615-623.
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Association of Open-Angle Glaucoma With Dementia in California Medicare Beneficiaries. Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 Dec; 268:165-173.
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Cross-prevalence of multiple sclerosis and stroke evaluated on cohorts of four independent specialty medical centers. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2024 Oct; 90:105772.
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Study protocol for a prospective, multicentre study of hypercortisolism in patients with difficult-to-control type 2 diabetes (CATALYST): prevalence and treatment with mifepristone. BMJ Open. 2024 07 16; 14(7):e081121.
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Applying data science methodologies with artificial intelligence variant reinterpretation to map and estimate genetic disorder prevalence utilizing clinical data. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 05; 194(5):e63505.