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If inflow exceeds outflow,
prevalence
rises.
Nevertheless, NCD
prevalence
has increased, because improvements in survival have outpaced reductions in incidence.
As a result, the increase in
prevalence
that has been seen in recent decades for many NCDs largely reflects an increase in the
prevalence
of early stages of the disease only.
Increasing overall disease
prevalence
has hidden decreasing
prevalence
of late-stage or complicated disease.
Whenever the “severity effect” outweighs the “prevalence effect,” the increasing overall
prevalence
of the NCD will be accompanied by a decreasing health impact, not an increasing disease “footprint,” as is widely assumed.
This is the paradox of NCDs: objective measures of poor health (severe symptoms, disability, premature death) are declining, even as the
prevalence
of these diseases is increasing.
First, the primary concern should not be with reducing disease prevalence, but rather disease burden – the health impact as measured by disability and premature mortality.
Both mechanisms – lower incidence and lesser severity – will contribute to a smaller disease “footprint,” even as NCD
prevalence
continues to rise.
And public-health efforts to curb air pollution and smoking could reduce the
prevalence
of lung cancer in Asia and Africa.
We are likely to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of cutting TB
prevalence
and mortality in half by 2015, from 1990 levels.
The continued
prevalence
of hunger in India, does not reflect insurmountable obstacles.
These are three low-income countries with HIV
prevalence
rates of roughly 15%.
As a result, carpooling is gaining
prevalence
in cities like Berlin.
In rural Africa, where doctors are typically very scarce and AIDS
prevalence
is often high, the high life-saving potential of CHWs has been very well demonstrated and documented.
Given its
prevalence
and seriousness, TB is not purely a medical problem.
But others are startling, which partly reflects skewed public perceptions of poverty’s
prevalence
and severity, as well as the challenge of acquiring accurate data.
The United States military, for instance, hides rape accusers’ identities, and the
prevalence
of rape in the US armed forces today is off the charts.
Because of the
prevalence
of universities’ anonymity policy, at least two alleged serial rapists – whose assaults were reported to their employers separately by more than one victim – are teaching at new universities, with no charges ever brought against them.
Greenpeace calls golden rice a “failure,” because it “has been in development for almost 20 years and has still not made any impact on the
prevalence
of vitamin A deficiency.”But, as Ingo Potrykus, the scientist who developed golden rice, has made clear, that failure is due almost entirely to relentless opposition to GM foods – often by rich, well-meaning Westerners far removed from the risks of actual vitamin A deficiency.
They all come from impoverished, conservative communities, where girls’ prospects are bleak, owing to the
prevalence
of child marriage, endemic domestic violence, a lack of educational opportunities, and pervasive unemployment.
With Global Fund support for our national institutions, we have achieved universal access to lifesaving antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV, and we have stabilized HIV
prevalence
at around 3% of the population.
Some evidence suggests that the
prevalence
of uncertainty may boost competition, thereby sparking innovation.
Worldwide, the lifetime
prevalence
of anxiety disorders is about 15%, and the cost to society is enormous.
On the other hand, the rising incidence of false prophecy might equally reflect the increasing
prevalence
of charlatanism masquerading as science.
A massive statistical study, conducted from 2001 to 2003 by the US National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), estimated the lifetime
prevalence
of major depression among American adults (ages 18-54) at more than 16%.
Lifetime
prevalence
for schizophrenia was estimated at 1.7%.
Other studies have consistently shown rising rates of
prevalence
with each successive generation, and it is argued that, if older statistics were faulty, they erred on the side of underestimating the spread of mental illness.
Unless the growing
prevalence
of serious psychopathology is taken seriously and addressed effectively, it is likely to become the only indicator of American leadership.
Fewer than half of the young people that McKinsey surveyed claimed to have even basic knowledge of average wages or the
prevalence
of job opportunities in their chosen field.
Measures to reduce the
prevalence
of iron deficiency, anemia, and vitamin A, iodine, and zinc deficiencies – which remain significant in some countries of the region – would have a positive impact.
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