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Meaning of prevalencia

prevalencia: It is the proportion of people affected by an event within the total population. It can be presented as a fraction, percentage or number of cases per 10. 000 or 100 . 000 people . Predominance, imposition. Effect of prevailing that means to prevail, to uncollar, to predominate, to advantage, to stand out.; In epidemiology and in general in the measurement of risks in statistics, prevalence measures the number of people or subjects with an ailment or subject to risk in relation to the total population at any given time.; The prevalence determined degrees of similar genetic diseases and features concrete in a certain group of people.