"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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| 1993 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 1994 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1995 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1997 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1998 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 1999 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2000 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2001 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2002 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2003 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2004 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2005 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2006 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| 2007 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2008 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2009 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2010 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2011 | 0 | 54 | 54 |
| 2012 | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| 2013 | 0 | 37 | 37 |
| 2014 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2015 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2016 | 0 | 46 | 46 |
| 2017 | 0 | 56 | 56 |
| 2018 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| 2019 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2020 | 0 | 60 | 60 |
| 2021 | 0 | 42 | 42 |
| 2022 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2023 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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The Effect of Definitions and Cancer Prevalence on Diagnostic Yield Estimates of Bronchoscopy: A Simulation-based Analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 10; 20(10):1491-1498.
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Pan-Cancer Prevalence of Microsatellite Instability-High (MSI-H) Identified by Circulating Tumor DNA and Associated Real-World Clinical Outcomes. JCO Precis Oncol. 2023 09; 7:e2300118.
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Prevalence and persistence of cost-related medication non-adherence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among medicare patients at high risk of hospitalization. PLoS One. 2023; 18(8):e0289608.
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Use of Intravascular Ultrasound and Coronary Angiography to Measure the Prevalence of Myocardial Bridge in Heart Transplant Patients. Am J Cardiol. 2023 10 15; 205:176-181.
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Germ line risk variants: beyond cancer. Blood. 2023 08 17; 142(7):616-617.
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The Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Autopsies Surrounding the Time of Pandemic Onset: A Retrospective Review of Cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2023 08 01; 147(8):867-871.
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The association between age at breast cancer diagnosis and prevalence of pathogenic variants. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Jun; 199(3):617-626.
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The Impact of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Asthma Prevalence in a Predominantly African-American, Chicago-Based Cohort. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 04 06; 192(4):549-559.
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Prevalence and Complications of Aberrant Subclavian Artery in Patients With Heritable and Nonheritable Arteriopathies. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 03 14; 81(10):979-991.
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Multidisciplinary coordinated care of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu disease). Vasc Med. 2023 04; 28(2):153-165.