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    prev·a·lence
    /ˈprev(ə)ləns/

    noun

    • 1. the fact or condition of being prevalent; commonness: "the prevalence of obesity in adults"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › prevalencePrevalence Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : the degree to which something is prevalent. especially : the percentage of a population that is affected with a particular disease at a given time. Synonyms. commonness. frequence. frequency. frequentness. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of prevalence in a Sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPREVALENCE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    PREVALENCE definition: 1. the fact that something is very common or happens often: 2. the fact that something is very…. Learn more.

  4. www.nimh.nih.gov › health › statisticsWhat is Prevalence? - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    Prevalence is the proportion of a population who have a specific characteristic in a given time period. How is Prevalence Estimated? To estimate prevalence, researchers randomly select a sample (smaller group) from the entire population they want to describe.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryPREVALENCE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    PREVALENCE meaning: 1. the fact that something is very common or happens often: 2. the fact that something is very…. Learn more.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › prevalencePREVALENCE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Prevalence is the noun form of the adjective prevalent, meaning widespread, common, or extensive. In the context of medicine, prevalence refers to how widespread a disease is—specifically, the total number of cases in a population at a given time.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PrevalencePrevalence - Wikipedia

    Prevalence is a measurement of all individuals affected by the disease at a particular time, whereas incidence is a measurement of the number of new individuals who contract a disease during a particular period of time.

  8. www.britannica.com › science › prevalencePrevalence | Risk Factors, Causes & Consequences | Britannica

    Prevalence, in epidemiology, the proportion of a population with a disease or a particular condition at a specific point in time (point prevalence) or over a specified period of time (period prevalence). Prevalence is often confused with incidence, which is concerned only with the measure of new.

  9. www.statology.org › prevalence-in-statisticsWhat is Prevalence in Statistics? (Definition & Example) -...

    Jun 13, 2022 · In statistics, prevalence is the proportion of individuals in a population who have a specific characteristic at a certain time period. Researchers typically measure prevalence by taking a random sample of individuals from the population and simply counting how many of the individuals in the sample have the specific characteristic.

  10. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › books › NBK430867Prevalence - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

    May 22, 2023 · In medical epidemiology, prevalence is defined as the proportion of the population with a condition at a specific point in time (point prevalence) or during a period of time (period prevalence). [1] Prevalence increases when new disease cases are identified (incidence), and prevalence decreases when a patient is either cured or dies.

  11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishprevalence - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

    Definition of prevalence noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.