"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 L01.280.975.525.750 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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| 1995 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2002 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2003 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2004 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2005 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2006 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2007 | 1 | 24 | 25 |
| 2008 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2009 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2010 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2011 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2012 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2013 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 2014 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| 2015 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2016 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2017 | 0 | 46 | 46 |
| 2018 | 1 | 46 | 47 |
| 2019 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2020 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2021 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.