"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 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2003 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2004 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2005 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 2006 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2007 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2008 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2009 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2010 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2011 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2012 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2013 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 2014 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2015 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2016 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
| 2017 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2018 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2019 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| 2020 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2021 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2022 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Food Insecurity in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients. Pediatr Transplant. 2025 Jun; 29(4):e70091.
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among American Indian Adolescents: The Strong Heart Family Study. Prev Chronic Dis. 2025 Apr 03; 22:E13.
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Leveraging AI to improve disease screening among American Indians: insights from the Strong Heart Study. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2024; 249:10341.
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Respiratory chronic health conditions and racial disparities associated with e-cigarette use: a cross-sectional analysis using behavioral risk factor surveillance data. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1497745.
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Comparison of atrial fibrillation prevalence and in-hospital cardiovascular outcomes between patients undergoing allogeneic versus autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: insights from the national inpatient sample. Sci Rep. 2024 07 22; 14(1):16829.
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Trends in marijuana and heavy alcohol use by cigarette smoking status among US adults: An analysis of the 2002-2019 NSDUH. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2024 Aug 01; 261:111355.
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The Prevalence and Patterns of Maltreatment, Childhood Adversity, and Mental Health Disorders in an Australian Out-Of-Home Care Sample. Child Maltreat. 2025 Feb; 30(1):42-54.
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Global, regional, and national burden and quality of care index (QCI) of oral disorders: a systematic analysis of the global burden of disease study 1990-2017. BMC Oral Health. 2024 Jan 20; 24(1):116.
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National and Provincial Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking in Iran; A Systematic Analysis of 12 Years of STEPS Experience. Arch Iran Med. 2023 Sep 01; 26(9):472-480.
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Prevalence and Correlates of Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Cancer, and Mental Health Comorbidities Among Adults With HIV Who Smoke. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2023 Jul-Aug 01; 34(4):363-375.