"Sex Distribution" 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 males and females in a given population. The distribution may refer to how many men or women or what proportion of either in the group. The population is usually patients with a specific disease but the concept is not restricted to humans and is not restricted to medicine.
| Descriptor ID |
D017678
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.240.800 N01.224.803 N06.850.505.400.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Distribution- Sex Distribution
- Distribution, Sex
- Distributions, Sex
- Sex Distributions
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2002 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2004 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2005 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2006 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2007 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2010 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2011 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2012 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2013 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2014 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2015 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2016 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2017 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2018 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2019 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Distribution" by people in Profiles.
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Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950-2023: a demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Lancet. 2025 Oct 18; 406(10513):1731-1810.
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Burden of Valvular Heart Diseases in Hispanic/Latino Individuals in the United States: The Echocardiographic Study of Latinos. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 08; 94(8):1488-1498.
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Projected oropharyngeal carcinoma incidence among middle-aged US men. Head Neck. 2019 09; 41(9):3226-3234.
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Epidemiology of Anaphylaxis in Critically Ill Children in the United States and Canada. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Sep - Oct; 7(7):2241-2249.
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Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet. 2017 Sep 16; 390(10100):1260-1344.
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Diagnostic accuracy of serum antibodies to human papillomavirus type 16 early antigens in the detection of human papillomavirus-related oropharyngeal cancer. Cancer. 2017 Dec 15; 123(24):4886-4894.
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The Association of Depressive Symptoms With Rates of Acute Exacerbations in Patients With COPD: Results From a 3-year Longitudinal Follow-up of the ECLIPSE Cohort. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2017 Nov 01; 18(11):955-959.e6.
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School and Community Screening Shows Malawi, Africa, to Have a High Prevalence of Latent Rheumatic Heart Disease. Congenit Heart Dis. 2016 Dec; 11(6):615-621.
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Reassessing Risk Factors in Pediatric Patients With Pacemakers Implanted for Atrioventricular Block: The Impact of Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2016 Apr; 27(4):471-9.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's New Definitions for Complications of Mechanical Ventilation Shift the Focus of Quality Surveillance and Predict Clinical Outcomes in a PICU. Crit Care Med. 2015 Nov; 43(11):2446-51.