"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 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 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2006 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2007 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2008 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2009 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2010 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2011 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2012 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2013 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2014 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2015 | 0 | 46 | 46 |
| 2016 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2017 | 0 | 54 | 54 |
| 2018 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| 2019 | 0 | 58 | 58 |
| 2020 | 0 | 51 | 51 |
| 2021 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2022 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2023 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2024 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2025 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Overweight, obesity, and cardiovascular disease in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: the EAS FH Studies Collaboration registry. Eur Heart J. 2025 Mar 24; 46(12):1127-1140.
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Incident type 2 diabetes and its risk factors in men and women aged 40-60 years from four sub-Saharan African countries: results from the AWI-Gen study. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Mar; 13(3):e459-e466.
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Trends of neonatal sepsis and its etiology at Hawassa, Ethiopia: a five year retrospective cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Feb 28; 25(1):152.
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Intraventricular hemorrhage among very low birth weight infants in a South African cohort: a retrospective study of trends & short-term outcomes. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Feb 25; 25(1):138.
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Self-reported hypertension prevalence, risk factors, and knowledge among South Africans aged 24 to 40 years old. J Hum Hypertens. 2025 Feb; 39(2):177-187.
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Obesity phenotypes and dyslipidemia in adults from four African countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen study. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0316527.
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Factors associated with occupational injuries among bricklayers and carpenters in Building Construction: insights from a mixed methods study in Osun State, Nigeria. BMC Public Health. 2025 01 22; 25(1):277.
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95-95-95 HIV indicators among children younger than 15 years in South Africa: results from the 2017 national HIV prevalence, incidence, behaviour, and communication survey. AIDS Res Ther. 2025 Jan 14; 22(1):6.
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Estimating dementia prevalence using remote diagnoses and algorithmic modelling: a population-based study of a rural region in South Africa. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Dec; 12(12):2003-2011.
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Nigeria's malaria prevalence in 2015: a geospatial, exploratory district-level approach. Geospat Health. 2024 Nov 25; 19(2).