Prevalence vs. Prominence — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Prevalence and Prominence
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Prevalence
In epidemiology, prevalence is the proportion of a particular population found to be affected by a medical condition (typically a disease or a risk factor such as smoking or seatbelt use) at a specific time. It is derived by comparing the number of people found to have the condition with the total number of people studied and is usually expressed as a fraction, a percentage, or the number of cases per 10,000 or 100,000 people.
Prominence
The state of being important, famous, or noticeable
She came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s
The commission gave the case a prominence which it might otherwise have escaped
Prevalence
The condition of being prevalent.
Prominence
The fact or state of projecting from something
Radiographs showed enlargement of the right heart with prominence of the pulmonary outflow tract
Prevalence
(Medicine) The total number of cases of a disease in a given population at a specific time.
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Prominence
The quality or condition of being prominent.
Prevalence
The quality or condition of being prevalent; wide extension or spread.
Prominence
Something prominent, especially an area of land raised above its surroundings.
Prevalence
(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.
Prominence
(Anatomy) A small projection or protuberance.
Prevalence
The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor.
The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence with him.
Prominence
(Astronomy) A tonguelike cloud of luminous gas rising from the sun's surface, visible as part of the corona during a total solar eclipse.
Prevalence
The quality of prevailing generally; being widespread;
He was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future
Prominence
The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
Prevalence
(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
Prominence
Relative importance.
Prevalence
A superiority in numbers or amount;
There is a preponderance of Blacks in our prisons
Prominence
A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
Prominence
(topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization of hills and mountains.
Prominence
(astronomy) A gaseous projection, often loop-shaped, springing from the surface of the Sun or a star.
Prominence
The quality or state of being prominent; a standing out from something; conspicuousness.
Prominence
That which is prominent; a protuberance.
Prominence
The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent
Prominence
Relative importance
Prominence
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form
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