 Prevalence
"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.
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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".
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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 | 11 | 11 | | 1996 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 1997 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 1998 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 1999 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 2000 | 0 | 16 | 16 | | 2001 | 0 | 14 | 14 | | 2002 | 0 | 27 | 27 | | 2003 | 0 | 34 | 34 | | 2004 | 0 | 36 | 36 | | 2005 | 0 | 56 | 56 | | 2006 | 0 | 46 | 46 | | 2007 | 0 | 62 | 62 | | 2008 | 0 | 68 | 68 | | 2009 | 0 | 63 | 63 | | 2010 | 0 | 90 | 90 | | 2011 | 0 | 61 | 61 | | 2012 | 0 | 101 | 101 | | 2013 | 0 | 88 | 88 | | 2014 | 0 | 93 | 93 | | 2015 | 0 | 80 | 80 | | 2016 | 1 | 100 | 101 | | 2017 | 0 | 102 | 102 | | 2018 | 0 | 107 | 107 | | 2019 | 0 | 120 | 120 | | 2020 | 0 | 100 | 100 | | 2021 | 1 | 92 | 93 | | 2022 | 0 | 60 | 60 | | 2023 | 0 | 66 | 66 | | 2024 | 0 | 85 | 85 | | 2025 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Huyser KR, Brega AG, Reid M, Parker T, Steiner JF, Chang J, Jiang L, Fyfe-Johnson AL, Johnson-Jennings M, Hiratsuka VY, Tsosie N, Manson SM, O'Connell J. Impact of social determinants of health on obesity among American Indian and Alaska Native young adults. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0322164.
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Dean R, Yazdanfar M, Zepeda J, Levy C, Lammert C, Pratt D, Gordon SC, Forman L, Assis DN, McGirr A, McLaughlin M, Mukherjee S, Gungabissoon U, Bowlus CL. Treatment of pruritus in primary sclerosing cholangitis: Analysis of the consortium for autoimmune liver disease registry. Hepatol Commun. 2025 May 01; 9(5).
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Abbott K, Auer E, Gioia N, DeLoss K, Seibold L, Patnaik J. Insights into burnout among optometrists in the United States: findings from a nationwide survey. J Optom. 2025 Apr-Jun; 18(2):100552.
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Zhao F, Gidwani R, Wang MC, Chen L, Nianogo RA. An application of the augmented synthetic control method within a target trial framework: the case of the soda tax policy in California. BMC Public Health. 2025 Apr 11; 25(1):1368.
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Waddle SD, Sambaraju L, Peters XD, Borrup K, Croteau A, Jacome TH, Allee L, Daley B, Schroeppel TJ, Lamis DA, Fish M, Davis G, Bard H, Nordstrom C, Tuggle D, Bulger EM, Nathens AB, Campbell BT. Geri-screen: A multicenter trial of a novel screening tool for depression and suicide risk among US trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Jun 01; 98(6):885-889.
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Rockhill KM, Black JC, Iwanicki J, Abraham A. Polysubstance Use Profiles Among the General Adult Population, United States, 2022. Am J Public Health. 2025 May; 115(5):747-757.
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Tran AH, Walsh A, Urbina EM. Hypertension, Obesity, and Target Organ Injury in Children: An Emerging Health Care Crisis. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2025 Feb 27; 27(1):12.
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Salari N, Beiromvand M, Abdollahi R, Hemmatabadi FK, Daneshkhah A, Ghaderi A, Asgari M, Mohammadi M. Global prevalence of hydrocele in infants and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Feb 22; 25(1):128.
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Dally M, Ogden P, Howard S, Hubbell Z, Golden A, Van Dyke M, Cragle D, Benade W, Stalker J, Newman LS. Longitudinal Surveillance for Chronic Health Conditions in Former United States Department of Energy Site Workers. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 May 01; 67(5):e328-e335.
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Westfall MY, Padmanabhan P, Wang J, Nall SK, Stella SA, Kushel M, Belcher C, Davis L, Versen E, LeBeouf W, Barocas JA. Youth Homelessness in Denver, Colorado: 2017-2021. Pediatrics. 2025 Feb 01; 155(2).
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