In epidemiology, prevalence and incidence are among the most fundamental measures when it comes to monitoring disease. But do you know what they mean or how and why they are important? This article ...

Between 2015 and 2021, dementia incidence decreased and prevalence increased in US Medicare beneficiaries with greater burden in marginalized groups.

Because prevalence and incidence are expressed in terms of patients, it is important that studies of PU occurrence count patients with PUs, not individual PUs themselves.

Within the impaired spirometry cohort, significantly increased odds for CVD prevalence were found among those with PRISm (aOR = 2.68; 95% CI, 1.35-5.31) and those with COPD GOLD stage 2 or higher ...

RESULTS: Between 1995 and 2014, the prevalence of diabetes increased and the incidence decreased somewhat in all populations. Both prevalence and incidence were substantially higher among First ...

Childhood obesity is a major health problem in the United States. 1 The prevalence of a body-mass index (BMI; the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) at the 95th ...

Objective To investigate prevalence, incidence and profile of musculoskeletal injuries in para athletes. Design Systematic review. Data sources Searches were conducted in MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, ...

HIV prevalence was 5.6% and HIV incidence was 0.4% – an annual HIV transmission rate of 7.1 per 100 HIV-positive people. Women had significantly higher HIV prevalence than men (6.9 vs 4.4%; p < 0.001) ...