Synonyms for prevalence
preva·lence

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1. prevalence

   Synonyms:
   custom, power, influence, operation, extension, predominance, superiority, influence, efficacy, preponderance

   Antonyms:
   disuse, desuetude, obsoleteness, decay, evanescence, disappearance, mitigation, subordination, collapse, abandonment, abolition, diminution, subsidence, subjection

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1. prevalencenoun

   the quality of prevailing generally; being widespread

   "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"

   Synonyms:
   preponderance

2. prevalencenoun

   (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population

   Synonyms:
   preponderance

3. preponderance, prevalencenoun

   a superiority in numbers or amount

   "a preponderance of evidence against the defendant"

   Synonyms:
   preponderance

Matched Categories

1. • Epidemiology
   • Generality
   • Number
   • Ratio

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1. prevalencenoun

   Synonyms:
   superiority, success, predominance, preponderance, prosperity

2. prevalencenoun

   Synonyms:
   influence, efficacy, power, force, strength

3. prevalencenoun

   Synonyms:
   universality, wide extension, general reception

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1. List of paraphrases for "prevalence":

   incidence, predominance, frequency, prevalences, prevalent, dominance, preponderance, spread

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prevalence

   Synonyms:
   Epidemiology Extent, proportion Statistics Pretest probability, prior probability

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1. Douglas Bettcher:

   Evidence from countries such as China and France shows higher tobacco product prices linked to increased taxes lead to declines in smoking prevalence and tobacco-related harm.

2. David Hemenway:

   The major difference is the prevalence of firearms, non-gun suicide rates don't vary much across states. But gun related suicide rates vary significantly.

3. The OECD report:

   The quantity of drugs consumed has increased over time in many therapeutic classes, these trends reflect an increasing demand for pharmaceuticals resulting from the rising prevalence of chronic diseases, population ageing (and) changes in clinical practices.

4. Jonathan Zachreson:

   They removed all off-ramps, so other mitigations, removing masking – even if COVID prevalence goes down to zero or vaccination rates increase – the CDC guidelines do not recommend removing these protocols for schools like they previously did.

5. Helene Gayle:

   What we recommended, essentially, was that states get allocated an amount based on population, we kind of ran numbers and realized that even if you tried to do it by Covid prevalence and all the rest, it doesn't matter enough to go through that complexity and it probably was simpler, more straight-forward and less subject to manipulation.