prevalence

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Noun

prevalence

1. The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
2. (epidemiology) The total number of cases of a disease in a given statistical population at a given time, divided by the number of individuals in that population.

Related terms

• prevail
• prevalent

Translations

• French: prédominance
• German: weite Verbreitung, Vorherrschen, Verbreitetsein, starkes Vorkommen
• Russian: преобладание
• Spanish: predominancia, predominio, preponderancia, prevalencia

Translations

• French: prévalence
• German: Prävalenz, Kennzahl für die Häufigkeit
• Italian: prevalenza
• Portuguese: prevalência
• Spanish: prevalencia

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