prevalence

See also: prévalence

English

Etymology

From Middle French prévalence.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛvələns/
(variant) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈveɪləns/ (modelled on prevail)
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

prevalence (countable and uncountable, plural prevalences)

The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
(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

Translations

wide extension

Bulgarian: преобладаване n (preobladavane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 流行 (zh) (liúxíng), 盛行 (zh) (shèngxíng), 普遍 (zh) (pǔbiàn), 廣泛／广泛 (zh) (guǎngfàn)
Dutch: het heersen, het algemeen voorkomen, verspreiding (nl) f
Finnish: hallitsevuus (fi), vallitsevuus, prevalenssi (fi)
French: prédominance (fr) f
German: weite Verbreitung f, Vorherrschen n, Verbreitetsein n, starkes Vorkommen n
Indonesian: prevalensi (id)
Irish: leitheadúlacht f
Romanian: prevalență (ro) f
Russian: преобладание (ru) n (preobladanije)
Serbo-Croatian: надмоћност f (nadmoćnost)
Spanish: predominancia (es) f, predominio (es) m, preponderancia f, prevalencia (es) f

number of cases compared to a total population

Bulgarian: инцидентност f (incidentnost)
Dutch: overwicht (nl) n
Finnish: sairastavuus (fi)
French: prévalence (fr)
German: Prävalenz (de) f, Kennzahl für die Häufigkeit f
Indonesian: prevalensi (id)
Italian: prevalenza (it)
Portuguese: prevalência
Spanish: prevalencia (es)

See also

incidence

Further reading

prevalence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
prevalence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈprɛvalɛnt͡sɛ]

Noun

prevalence f

(epidemiology) prevalence
Synonym: výskyt

Related terms

See vale

Further reading

prevalence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
prevalence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
prevalence in Internetová jazyková příručka

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