"Cluster Analysis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A set of statistical methods used to group variables or observations into strongly inter-related subgroups. In epidemiology, it may be used to analyze a closely grouped series of events or cases of disease or other health-related phenomenon with well-defined distribution patterns in relation to time or place or both.
| Descriptor ID |
D016000
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.250 N05.715.360.750.200 N06.850.520.830.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Cluster Analysis- Cluster Analysis
- Analyses, Cluster
- Analysis, Cluster
- Cluster Analyses
- Clustering
- Clusterings
Disease Clustering- Disease Clustering
- Clustering, Disease
- Clusterings, Disease
- Disease Clusterings
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2010 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2011 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| 2014 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2015 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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