Table 8.

Top 20 descriptors related to public health in the scientific output on population surveillance (2000–2019).

MeSH descriptors	2000–2004 (N = 6277)		2005–2009 (N = 8965)		2010–2014 (N = 11,992)		2015–2019 (N = 11,950)		Total (N = 39,184)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Risk Factors	1576	25.11	1918	21.39	2530	21.10	2498	20.90	8522	21.75
Incidence	1199	19.10	1412	15.75	1794	14.96	1876	15.70	6281	16.03
Prevalence	1068	17.01	1510	16.84	1853	15.45	1704	14.26	6135	15.66
Disease Outbreaks	461	7.34	861	9.60	920	7.67	877	7.34	3119	7.96
Risk Assessment	342	5.45	664	7.41	710	5.92	776	6.49	2492	6.36
Registries	425	6.77	464	5.18	615	5.13	827	6.92	2331	5.95
Sex Distribution	634	10.10	496	5.53	485	4.04	319	2.67	1934	4.94
Sex Factors	218	3.47	343	3.83	470	3.92	328	2.74	1359	3.47
Hospitalization	203	3.23	214	2.39	401	3.34	447	3.74	1265	3.23
Comorbidity	186	2.96	192	2.14	343	2.86	500	4.18	1221	3.12
Health Surveys	192	3.06	275	3.07	453	3.78	267	2.23	1187	3.03
Public Health	182	2.90	300	3.35	359	2.99	334	2.79	1175	3.00
Treatment Outcome	150	2.39	265	2.96	343	2.86	390	3.26	1148	2.93
Sensitivity and Specificity	265	4.22	321	3.58	297	2.48	213	1.78	1096	2.80
Survival Rate	127	2.02	191	2.13	305	2.54	360	3.01	983	2.51
Severity of Illness Index	238	3.79	297	3.31	234	1.95	203	1.70	972	2.48
Cause of Death	185	2.95	183	2.04	304	2.54	295	2.47	967	2.47
Vaccination	109	1.74	137	1.53	249	2.08	438	3.67	933	2.38
Disease Notification	194	3.09	251	2.80	257	2.14	226	1.89	928	2.37
Health Status	182	2.90	212	2.36	277	2.31	142	1.19	813	2.07