"Disease prevalence" refers to the number or proportion of people in a population who have a particular disease at a given time. It helps determine how common or widespread a disease is within a specific group or community.
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- And even though rising disease prevalence from 1997 to 2006 stood out, it still accounted for only one - third of average spending growth. (sciencedaily.com)
- Over the whole period, rising disease prevalence boosted spending by 0.5 percentage point per year compared to a contribution of 2.5 percentage points from rising cost per case, the researchers found. (sciencedaily.com)
- As ticks are highly sensitive to changes in seasonal climate, climate - induced changes can influence human exposure to infected ticks and thus disease prevalence. (uncclearn.org)
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