 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 | 15 | 15 | | 1996 | 0 | 12 | 12 | | 1997 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 1998 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 1999 | 0 | 13 | 13 | | 2000 | 0 | 17 | 17 | | 2001 | 0 | 14 | 14 | | 2002 | 0 | 28 | 28 | | 2003 | 0 | 34 | 34 | | 2004 | 0 | 39 | 39 | | 2005 | 0 | 57 | 57 | | 2006 | 0 | 49 | 49 | | 2007 | 0 | 61 | 61 | | 2008 | 0 | 66 | 66 | | 2009 | 0 | 69 | 69 | | 2010 | 0 | 92 | 92 | | 2011 | 0 | 67 | 67 | | 2012 | 0 | 104 | 104 | | 2013 | 0 | 93 | 93 | | 2014 | 0 | 94 | 94 | | 2015 | 0 | 87 | 87 | | 2016 | 2 | 107 | 109 | | 2017 | 0 | 109 | 109 | | 2018 | 0 | 116 | 116 | | 2019 | 0 | 130 | 130 | | 2020 | 0 | 111 | 111 | | 2021 | 1 | 100 | 101 | | 2022 | 0 | 61 | 61 | | 2023 | 0 | 71 | 71 | | 2024 | 0 | 99 | 99 | | 2025 | 0 | 54 | 54 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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White SL, Jamil T, Bell C, Fishbein L, Haugen BR, Gignoux CR, Pozdeyev N. Population Prevalence of the Major Thyroid Cancer-Associated Syndromes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Nov 18; 110(12):e4049-e4054.
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Levitt Katz LE, El Ghormli LK, Nadeau KJ, Shah A, Higgins J, Kutney K, Gubitosi-Klug R, Burke B, Mokhlesi B. Obstructive sleep apnea, glycemic control, and cardiovascular risk in young adults with youth-onset type 2 diabetes: results from the TODAY study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2025 Nov 01; 21(11):1925-1933.
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Wong M, Goldberg A, Pan Z, Quinn L, Furuta GT, Sundaram SS, Nguyen N. Eosinophilic Esophagitis in a Large Cohort of Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2025 Nov; 29(7):e70181.
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Nurmohamed NS, Ngo-Metzger Q, Taub PR, Ray KK, Figtree GA, Bonaca MP, Hsia JA, Angadageri S, Earls JP, Rodriguez F, Sandhu AT, Min JK, Hoffmann U, Maron DJ, Bhatt DL. First myocardial infarction: risk factors, symptoms, and medical therapy. Eur Heart J. 2025 Oct 07; 46(38):3762-3772.
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Winkles JF, Santoro N, Sammel MD, El Khoudary SR, Colvin A, Crawford S. Measuring associations between hormonal entropy, the prevalence of vasomotor symptoms, and menstrual dynamics. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Nov 01; 329(5):E603-E615.
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Shanafelt TD, Dyrbye LN, Sinsky C, Trockel M, Tutty M, Wang H, Carlasare LE, West CP. Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction With Work-Life Integration Among U.S. Residents and Fellows and the General U.S. Working Population Between 2012 and 2023. Acad Med. 2025 12 01; 100(12):1486-1498.
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Fain MJ, Horne BD, Horwitz LI, Thaweethai T, Greene M, Hornig M, Orkaby AR, Rosen C, Ritchie CS, Ashktorab H, Blachman N, Brim H, Emerson S, Erdmann N, Erlandson KM, de Erausquin G, Fong T, Geng LN, Gordon HS, Gully JR, Hadlock J, Han J, Huang W, Jagannathan P, Kelly JD, Klein JD, Krishnan JA, Levitan EB, McComsey GA, McDonald D, Montgomery AP, O'Brien L, Ofotokun I, Patterson TF, Peluso MJ, Pemu P, Perlowski A, Reiman EM, Sanon M, Seshadri S, Shellito J, Sherif ZA, Shikuma C, Singer NG, Singh U, Trinity JD, Wisnivesky J, Witvliet MG, Foulkes A, Nikolich J?. Age-Related Changes in the Clinical Picture of Long COVID. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Oct; 73(10):3123-3137.
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Bacon E, Pierce SL, Scott KA, Kompaniyets L, Wang S, Haemer M, Daley MF. Regional Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood Obesity Prevalence, Denver, Colorado, 2019-2022. Child Obes. 2025 Dec; 21(8):667-676.
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Han WM, Wu K, Tassiopoulos K, Knowles K, Ailstock K, Cummings M, Kerr S, Ponatshego P, Mosepele M, Utay NS, Avihingsanon A, Funderburg NT, Erlandson KM. Inflammation in frailty, cognitive impairment, clinical events, and mortality among older adults with HIV in the ACTG HAILO cohort. AIDS. 2025 Dec 01; 39(15):2218-2228.
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Canonico ME, Hsia J, Chiu ST, Tseng PK, Mudd JO, Remick JD, Patel B, Chuang YH, Gluckman TJ, Bonaca MP. Temporal shift in prevalence of heart failure diagnoses and comorbidities within 2 US integrated health systems. Am J Manag Care. 2025 Aug 01; 31(8):e238-e240.
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