 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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| 1996 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 1997 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 1998 | 0 | 11 | 11 | | 1999 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 2000 | 0 | 15 | 15 | | 2001 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 2002 | 0 | 24 | 24 | | 2003 | 0 | 32 | 32 | | 2004 | 0 | 39 | 39 | | 2005 | 1 | 59 | 60 | | 2006 | 0 | 51 | 51 | | 2007 | 0 | 61 | 61 | | 2008 | 0 | 59 | 59 | | 2009 | 0 | 69 | 69 | | 2010 | 0 | 88 | 88 | | 2011 | 0 | 66 | 66 | | 2012 | 0 | 102 | 102 | | 2013 | 0 | 98 | 98 | | 2014 | 0 | 101 | 101 | | 2015 | 0 | 97 | 97 | | 2016 | 2 | 106 | 108 | | 2017 | 0 | 111 | 111 | | 2018 | 0 | 121 | 121 | | 2019 | 0 | 150 | 150 | | 2020 | 0 | 117 | 117 | | 2021 | 0 | 99 | 99 | | 2022 | 0 | 68 | 68 | | 2023 | 0 | 70 | 70 | | 2024 | 0 | 106 | 106 | | 2025 | 0 | 84 | 84 | | 2026 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Wu ATH, Hung MJ, Hung C, Kounis NG, Chen IY, Hu P, Yeh CT, Hung MY. Translating Population-Based Epidemiology into Clinical Recognition of Coronary Artery Spasm: Prevalence, Incidence, and Geographic-Seasonal Variation in Taiwan. Med Sci (Basel). 2026 Sep 18; 14(5).
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Oswald LB, Hoogland AI, Welniak TL, Nguyen OL, Rodriguez Y, Li X, Reese S, Lake PW, Gonzalez BD, Extermann M, Metts J, Murphy MA, Small BJ, Berry DL, Li D, Carpenter KM, Fischer SM, Kinney AY, Jim HSL. Comparing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting between young adult vs non-young adult cancer patients. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2026 Sep 03; 10(5).
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Salive ME, Tjaden AH, Ames JR, Crandall JP, Dabelea D, Hazuda HP, Heckman-Stoddard BM, Huckfeldt PJ, Kuo S, Strotmeyer ES, Temprosa M, Venditti EM. Lifestyle and Metformin Interventions and Risk of Multimorbidity in Adults With Prediabetes. JAMA. 2026 08 18; 336(7):577-586.
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Thomson D, Dammann A, Benz E, Blanchette E, Bock M, Christofferson ES. Substance Use Patterns in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant Candidates: Impact After Transplant. Pediatr Transplant. 2026 Aug; 30(8):e70427.
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Duncan CL, von Isenburg M, Green A, Ford C, Pucci A, Muther EF, Riekert KA, Bord E, Hoppe JE, Bacon C, Goodman A, Lyons E, Prickett M, Gibson SL, Everhart RS. Caregiver Mental Health and Its Relation to Child and Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health in the Era of Highly Effective Modulator Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2026 Aug; 61(8):e71794.
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Suchy-Dicey AM, Rhoads K, Grabowski T, Larson EB, Manson S, Buchwald D, Longstreth WT. Risk factors and population attributable fraction for dementia in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Aug; 22(8):e71626.
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Herrera L, Bruckman D, Lee I, Schold JD, Claytor B, Silvestri N, Li Y, Hehir MK. Mismatch Between the Distribution of Neuromuscular Specialists and Myasthenia Gravis Patients in the US Medicare Fee-for-Service Population. Muscle Nerve. 2026 Sep; 74(3):714-719.
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Hoffmire CA, Barnes SM, Holliday R, Kittel JA, Schneider AL, Brenner LA, Tock JL, Monteith LL. Nonfatal suicidal self-directed violence among US veterans (2022): the Assessing Social and Community Environments with National Data (ASCEND) for Veteran Suicide Prevention Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2026 07 08; 195(7):1876-1887.
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DiPaola F, Feldman A, Ng V, Antala S, Bucuvalas J, Ebel N, Gupta N, Halma J, Kohli R, Leung D, Lobritto S, Peters A, Squires J, Perito E. Prevalence of a Composite Outcome to Capture Child and Liver Health One Year After Pediatric Liver Transplantation in the Starzl Network. Pediatr Transplant. 2026 Jul; 30(7):e70402.
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Ji J, Jia X, Wang H, Su C, He Y, Fang Y, Chen T, Liu Y, Li J, Liu A. [Association between dietary patterns and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among adults from 15 provinces of China in 2015]. Wei Sheng Yan Jiu. 2026 Jul; 55(4):613-622.
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