Talk:Prevalence

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[edit] Prevalence can also be a number as well as a ratio

Prevalence is also "The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time." Prevalence - Glossary Entry - Genetics Home Reference or go to MeSH Browser at the National Library of Medicine Petersam 06:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

An example of both total numbers and ratios is the WHO TB page at http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/ Petersam 07:16, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ....and now I've been using the word in nonmedical writing

I've occasionally used the word "prevalence" to refer to the portion of people exhibiting a given travel behavior, such as driving to work. This originated when I researched the relationship between exercise, health, and bicycle riding and walking, and a lot of the research in this area came from medical reseachers. So, of course, I picked up the word "prevalence" and I find it useful... — Rickyrab | Talk 04:35, 2 December 2007 (UTC)