👉 The term "prevalence" is a statistical measurement that describes how many people are infected with a particular disease or have symptoms related to it. It is calculated by dividing the number of cases (the number of people who are known to be infected) by the total number of individuals in a given population. The prevalence rate can be used to understand whether a certain group of people has an increased risk of getting sick from the disease, or if there is a higher rate of infection among some populations compared
