"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 | 4 | 4 |
| 1996 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1997 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 1998 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1999 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2000 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2001 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2002 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2003 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2004 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2005 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2006 | 0 | 32 | 32 |
| 2007 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2008 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2009 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2010 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2011 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2012 | 0 | 47 | 47 |
| 2013 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2014 | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| 2015 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2016 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| 2017 | 0 | 57 | 57 |
| 2018 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
| 2019 | 0 | 54 | 54 |
| 2020 | 0 | 71 | 71 |
| 2021 | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| 2022 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2023 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2024 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| 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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Prevalence of Pathogenic Germline Variants in Patients With Gastric Cancer Ascertained Through Multigene Panel Testing. JCO Precis Oncol. 2025 Jun; 9:e2400620.
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Childbirth after cancer among 42 896 male adolescents and young adults: a population-based study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 May 01; 117(5):1008-1017.
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Global evolution of inflammatory bowel disease across epidemiologic stages. Nature. 2025 Jun; 642(8067):458-466.
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Symptoms of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction Research Network (LURN II) Urinary Urgency Phenotyping Study: Methods and Baseline Urinary Symptoms by Age and Sex. Neurourol Urodyn. 2025 Jun; 44(5):1007-1021.
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Grandmaternal perinatal serum polychlorinated biphenyls and prevalence of obesity in adult daughters and granddaughters. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Jun; 33(6):1165-1175.
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Prevalence and Clinical Impact of BRAF p.V600E Mutation in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Endocr Pathol. 2025 Apr 16; 36(1):13.
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Screening for Spondyloarthritis in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease - SPARTAN 2024 Annual Meeting Proceedings. Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2025 Feb 01; 27(1):17.
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A Cross-sectional Analysis of Acute Injuries Among US Coast Guard Responders to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 Apr 01; 67(4):e257-e266.
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Concomitant Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis and Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A U.S. Database Study of Clinical Prevalence, Surgical Intervention, Patient Characteristics, and Postoperative Complications. World Neurosurg. 2025 Mar; 195:123506.
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Differences in hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and treatment by opioid, stimulant, and polysubstance use among people who use drugs in rural U.S. communities. Harm Reduct J. 2024 Nov 29; 21(1):214.