"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 | 7 | 7 |
| 1996 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 1997 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 1998 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 1999 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2000 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2001 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2002 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2003 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2004 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2005 | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| 2006 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| 2007 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2008 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2009 | 0 | 55 | 55 |
| 2010 | 0 | 71 | 71 |
| 2011 | 1 | 81 | 82 |
| 2012 | 0 | 91 | 91 |
| 2013 | 0 | 85 | 85 |
| 2014 | 0 | 93 | 93 |
| 2015 | 0 | 90 | 90 |
| 2016 | 0 | 94 | 94 |
| 2017 | 0 | 104 | 104 |
| 2018 | 0 | 92 | 92 |
| 2019 | 0 | 97 | 97 |
| 2020 | 0 | 101 | 101 |
| 2021 | 1 | 69 | 70 |
| 2022 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| 2023 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2024 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2025 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Tuberculosis in adult migrants in Europe: a TBnet consensus statement. Eur Respir J. 2025 Mar; 65(3).
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Burden of cardiometabolic diseases and depression in a low-income, urban community in Pakistan: a cross-sectional survey. BMC Public Health. 2025 Feb 24; 25(1):757.
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The potential impact of ACOG guideline changes on genital melanoma detection rates in females: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis and implications for clinical practice. Arch Dermatol Res. 2025 Feb 19; 317(1):438.
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School neighborhood deprivation is associated with a higher prevalence of hypertension. Ann Epidemiol. 2025 Mar; 103:9-15.
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Current Burden of Lean Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease Among US Adults, 2017-2023. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2025 Mar; 61(5):891-894.
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Problematic social media use and relationship to mental health characteristics in youth from the Texas Youth Depression and Suicide Research Network (TX-YDSRN). J Affect Disord. 2025 Apr 01; 374:128-140.
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Campylobacter colonization and undernutrition in infants in rural eastern Ethiopia - a longitudinal community-based birth cohort study. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1467462.
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Cardiovascular Disease and Breast Cancer Stage at Diagnosis. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jan 02; 8(1):e2452890.
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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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Rising mortality rates linked to type-2 diabetes and obesity in the United States: An observational analysis from 1999 to 2022. J Diabetes Investig. 2025 Mar; 16(3):492-500.