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Descriptor
English
:
Prevalence
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Prevalencia
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Prevalência
Synonyms
English
:
Prevalences
Prevalence Rate
Tree Number:
E05.318.308.985.525.750
L01.280.975.525.750
N01.224.935.597.750
N06.850.505.400.975.525.750
N06.850.520.308.985.525.750
SP4.001.012.153.244.155
SP5.001.032.063
Definition
English
:
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.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
IM GEN only; coord NIM with
disease
/epidemiol (IM); no qualif; total number of cases, new & old: do not confuse with
INCIDENCE
, total number of new cases; read MeSH definitions; specify geog if pertinent
History Note
English
:
90; was see PREVALENCE STUDIES 1989
Record Number:
28584
Unique Identifier:
D015995
Occurrence in VHL
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