Bisaya · Cebuano · Vocabulary
Prebalensya
prevalencenoun
- Alternative meanings
prevalence; frequency of cases; proportion of affected people; widespread presence of a condition or phenomenon
- Pronunciation
preh-bah-LEN-syah
- Root and affixes
Technical loanword adapted from prevalencia/prevalence. Related to statistics, epidemiology, and public health.
- Variants or conjugations
prebalensya; prevalence; number of cases; spread
- Related words and expressions
disease; case; percentage; population; statistics
- Meaning and usage notes
In public health, prebalensya refers to how many cases exist in a population at a time or during a period. It is not the same as incidence, which refers to new cases.
Body & Health, Numbers & Quantities, Education & Learning
Misaka ang prebalensya sa sakit sa komunidad.
The prevalence of the disease increased in the community.
Gitun-an nila ang prebalensya sa diabetes.
They studied the prevalence of diabetes.