Definitions for prevalence
preva·lence

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prevalencenoun

   the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread

   "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"

2. prevalencenoun

   (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population

3. preponderance, prevalencenoun

   a superiority in numbers or amount

   "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. prevalencenoun

   The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor.

2. prevalencenoun

   The total number of cases of a disease in the given statistical population at a given time.

3. prevalencenoun

   The total number of cases of a disease in the given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in the population.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prevalence, Prevalencynoun

   Superiority; influence; predominance.

   Etymology: prevalence, Fr. prævalentia, low Lat.

   The duke better knew, what kind of arguments were of prevalence with him. Edward Hyde.

   Others finding that, in former times, many churchmen were employed in the civil government, imputed their wanting of these ornaments their predecessors wore, to the power and prevalency of the lawyers. Edward Hyde.

   Animals, whose forelegs supply the use of arms, hold, if not an equality in both, a prevalency oft times in the other. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   Why, fair one, would you not rely
   On reason’s force with beauty’s join’d;
   Could I their prevalence deny,
   I must at once be deaf and blind. Matthew Prior.

   Least of all does this precept imply, that we should comply with any thing that the prevalence of corrupt fashion has made reputable. John Rogers, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prevalence

   In epidemiology, prevalence is the proportion of a particular population found to be affected by a medical condition (typically a disease or a risk factor such as smoking or seatbelt use) at a specific time. It is derived by comparing the number of people found to have the condition with the total number of people studied and is usually expressed as a fraction, a percentage, or the number of cases per 10,000 or 100,000 people. Prevalence is most often used in questionnaire studies.

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1. prevalence

   Prevalence refers to the total number of cases of a certain disease or condition present in a population at a specific time. It is usually expressed as a ratio or percentage. It indicates how widespread a certain condition is within a specific population. This term is commonly used in epidemiology and public health.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prevalencenoun

   the quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor

2. Etymology: [L. praevalentia: cf. F. prvalence. See Prevail.]

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1. Prevalence

   In epidemiology, the prevalence or prevalence proportion is the proportion of a population found to have a condition. It is arrived at by comparing the number of people found to have the condition with the total number of people studied, and is usually expressed as a fraction, as a percentage or as the number of cases per 10,000 or 100,000 people. "Point prevalence" is the proportion of a population that has the condition at a specific point in time. "Period prevalence" is the proportion of a population that has the condition at some time during a given period, and includes people who already have the condition at the start of the study period as well as those who acquire it during that period. "Lifetime prevalence" is the proportion of a population that at some point in their life have experienced the condition. Prevalence estimates are used by epidemiologists, health care providers, government agencies and insurers. Prevalence is contrasted with incidence, which is a measure of new cases arising in a population over a given period.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prevalence

   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.

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1. • Epidemiology
   • Generality
   • Number
   • Ratio

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Examples of prevalence in a Sentence

1. El Nino:

   Enhanced rainfall will boost farming even though farmers need to be aware of prevalence of diseases due to high moisture levels that may cause post-harvest losses.

2. Jo Inchley:

   Overall reductions in harmful drinking have been greatest in countries that traditionally have had higher prevalence, such as Great Britain, this makes it clear that change is possible ; however, more should be done to ensure that adolescents are effectively protected from the harms caused by alcohol.

3. Casey Crump:

   The population health impacts are likely to be even higher in countries such as the United States, that have a much higher prevalence of both early-term and preterm birth. Future studies should examine early-term birth as a separate group whenever feasible to better understand its long-term health trajectory in adulthood.

4. Judy Stern:

   Even though the study found differences in risk of birth defects, it should be remembered that overall prevalence of these defects is low, the vast majority of babies born from ART were normal.

5. Craig Copeland:

   It's a two-fold story of higher prevalence of debt, and an uptick in those with a very high level of debt, some people are in real trouble.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prevalence
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prevalence
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prevalence
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevalence
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=prevalence