"Incidence" 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 number of new cases of a given disease during a given period in a specified population. It also is used for the rate at which new events occur in a defined population. It is differentiated from PREVALENCE, which refers to all cases, new or old, in the population at a given time.
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D015994
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.308.985.525.375 N01.224.935.597.500 N06.850.505.400.975.525.375 N06.850.520.308.985.525.375
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Incidence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Incidence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2012 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2015 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2016 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2017 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2018 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Incidence" by people in Profiles.
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Unplanned reinterventions after congenital cardiac surgery and hospital mortality: A report from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Nov; 170(5):1234-1241.e8.
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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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Incident Diuretic Use and Subsequent Risk of Bone Fractures: A Large Nationwide Observational Study of US Veterans. Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 Jun; 99(6):913-926.
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Racial disparities in endometrial cancer: Where are we after 26?years? Gynecol Oncol. 2024 05; 184:236-242.
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Association of iron therapy with incidence of chronic kidney disease. Eur J Haematol. 2023 Dec; 111(6):872-880.
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Disparities in COVID-19 Disease Incidence by Income and Vaccination Coverage - 81 Communities, Los Angeles, California, July 2020-September 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023 Jun 30; 72(26):728-731.
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Social Vulnerability, Prevalence of Glaucoma, and Incidence of Glaucoma Surgery in the California Medicare Population. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2023 Nov-Dec; 6(6):616-625.
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Paediatric pelvic fractures - an updated literature review. ANZ J Surg. 2022 12; 92(12):3182-3194.
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Low incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C in two cohorts of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence interventions in men who have sex with men in Southern California. J Viral Hepat. 2022 07; 29(7):529-535.
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Factors predicting incarceration history and incidence among?Black and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM)?residing in a major urban center. PLoS One. 2022; 17(3):e0265034.