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Noun
  1. The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension.
  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.
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There was also a low prevalence of affective disorders in the violent group.
Given the prevalence of domestic violence, women's refuges are essential facilities.
The excess was most pronounced for the subgroup of anencephalics, in which prevalence increased 5-fold.
The high prevalence of fructose intolerance found among patients in our study reaffirms previous studies.
It is impossible to guess the prevalence of this condition, he says, because most people with such fantasies would never act them out.
Alcohol ignition interlocks have been proposed as a further intervention to reduce the prevalence of recidivist drink driving.

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