"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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| 1995 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 1996 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 1997 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 1998 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 1999 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2000 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2001 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2002 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2003 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2004 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2005 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| 2006 | 0 | 70 | 70 |
| 2007 | 0 | 83 | 83 |
| 2008 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
| 2009 | 0 | 69 | 69 |
| 2010 | 0 | 91 | 91 |
| 2011 | 1 | 107 | 108 |
| 2012 | 0 | 120 | 120 |
| 2013 | 0 | 111 | 111 |
| 2014 | 0 | 128 | 128 |
| 2015 | 0 | 118 | 118 |
| 2016 | 0 | 126 | 126 |
| 2017 | 0 | 129 | 129 |
| 2018 | 0 | 120 | 120 |
| 2019 | 0 | 133 | 133 |
| 2020 | 0 | 117 | 117 |
| 2021 | 1 | 86 | 87 |
| 2022 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| 2023 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2024 | 0 | 68 | 68 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Global prevalence of Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance among children in the world health organization regions between 2000 and 2023: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med. 2024 Dec 23; 22(1):598.
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Development, Progression, and Mortality of Suspected Interstitial Lung Disease in COPDGene. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Dec 15; 210(12):1453-1460.
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Trends in Gestational Weight Gain and Prepregnancy Obesity in South Carolina, 2015-2021. Prev Chronic Dis. 2024 Dec 12; 21:E98.
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The Study of the Epidemiology of Pediatric Hypertension Registry (SUPERHERO): rationale and methods. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Dec 02; 193(12):1650-1661.
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Incidence and in-hospital mortality among women with acute myocardial infarction with or without SCAD. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2025 Jan; 50(1):102921.
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Veterans With Gulf War Illness Evaluated at VA's War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center. Mil Med. 2024 Nov 05; 189(11-12):e2644-e2654.
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A Costly Cure: Understanding and Addressing Financial Toxicity in Cardiovascular Disease Health Care Within the Domain of Social Determinants of Health. Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc J. 2024; 20(5):15-26.
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Food Insecurity Among LGBQ+ Veterans. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Nov 04; 7(11):e2442979.
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Epidemiology of Coloboma: Prevalence and Patterns in Texas, 1999-2014. Birth Defects Res. 2024 Nov; 116(11):e2413.
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Norovirus acute gastroenteritis amongst US and European travellers to areas of moderate to high risk of travellers' diarrhoea: a prospective cohort study. J Travel Med. 2024 Oct 19; 31(7).