"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 | 16 | 16 |
| 1997 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 1998 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 1999 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2000 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2001 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2002 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2003 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2004 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2005 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2006 | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| 2007 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| 2008 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2009 | 0 | 59 | 59 |
| 2010 | 0 | 72 | 72 |
| 2011 | 1 | 84 | 85 |
| 2012 | 0 | 89 | 89 |
| 2013 | 0 | 87 | 87 |
| 2014 | 0 | 96 | 96 |
| 2015 | 0 | 99 | 99 |
| 2016 | 0 | 95 | 95 |
| 2017 | 0 | 111 | 111 |
| 2018 | 0 | 104 | 104 |
| 2019 | 0 | 108 | 108 |
| 2020 | 1 | 121 | 122 |
| 2021 | 1 | 85 | 86 |
| 2022 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
| 2023 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2024 | 0 | 74 | 74 |
| 2025 | 0 | 80 | 80 |
| 2026 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Understanding the association between immune-modulating helminths and HPV or cervical cancer: A scoping review. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2026 Sep; 20(9):e0013308.
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Neighborhood Economic Deprivation, Hispanic Ethnic Enclaves, and Congenital Anomalies in Texas. Birth Defects Res. 2026 Sep; 118(9):e70114.
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Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome-Related Conditions Among US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-2020. Prev Chronic Dis. 2026 Aug 27; 23:E36.
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Prevalence and characteristics of sex trafficking among youth experiencing homelessness: A cross-sectional study. PLoS One. 2026; 21(8):e0357091.
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Prevalence of Probable REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in Essential Tremor. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y). 2026; 16:49.
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A population-based study of the co-occurrence of hypospadias and congenital heart defects among boys conceived with in vitro fertilization?. Hum Reprod. 2026 Aug 01; 41(8):1440-1447.
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Prevalence of Familial Melanoma Genes and Cancer Risk Among Genomically Ascertained Individuals. JAMA Dermatol. 2026 07 01; 162(7):692-700.
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Prevalence and regional patterns of identity-related OCD across the United States: Findings from The National OCD Survey. Psychiatry Res. 2026 Oct; 364:117285.
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Abdominopelvic Pain and Overlapping Pain Conditions in Patients With Mayer-Rokitansky-K?ster-Hauser Syndrome. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2026 Oct; 39(5):639-644.
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Treatment of Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms with Flow-Diverter Stents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of 1036 Aneurysms. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2026 Jun 03; 47(6):1522-1531.