"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".
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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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| 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 | 19 | 19 |
| 2015 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 2016 | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| 2017 | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| 2018 | 0 | 24 | 24 |
| 2019 | 0 | 31 | 31 |
| 2020 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2021 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2022 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prevalence" by people in Profiles.
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Sociopolitical indicators of food insecurity: a study of 25 US states. Public Health Nutr. 2026 Mar 26; 29(1):e88.
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Evaluation of Women With Peripartum or Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Their First-Degree Relatives: The DCM Precision Medicine Study. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2026 Apr; 19(2):e005541.
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Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among transfeminine adults: A cohort study. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Mar; 22(3):e71277.
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Unrecognized high prevalence of expanded composite repeats in Friedreich ataxia. Hum Mol Genet. 2026 Feb 10; 35(3).
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Underdocumentation of Obesity in the National Inpatient Sample. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2026 Feb; 34(2):329-333.
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Adverse childhood experiences, adult hardships, and disease severity in peripheral artery disease. J Vasc Surg. 2026 Mar; 83(3):848-858.e4.
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Real world characteristics of central sleep apnea: a review of 29,000 consecutive patients undergoing polysomnography. Sleep Breath. 2025 09 26; 29(5):296.
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Prevalence and reasons for electronic nicotine delivery systems modifications among U.S. youth, young adult, and adult users. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 09; 15(1):24592.
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Prevalence of radix molaris in mandibular molars of a subpopulation of Brazil's Northeast region: a cross-sectional CBCT study. Sci Rep. 2025 Jul 02; 15(1):22651.
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Predictors of postpartum depression among new mothers in Kumasi, Ghana: A multicenter study using Bayesian analysis. Womens Health (Lond). 2025 Jan-Dec; 21:17455057251343953.