The phrase "about the same prevalence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the frequency or occurrence of something in a comparative context.
Example: "The study found that the two diseases have about the same prevalence in the population."
Alternatives: "approximately equal prevalence" or "similar prevalence rate".
It is about the same prevalence rate as juvenile diabetes".
In fact, the population of the United States has about the same prevalence of disease as that of other developed countries.
That's about the same prevalence as dyslexia, and yet dyscalculia has received a fraction of the research attention.
UCTD most frequently progressed into RA, and SLE, Sjögren syndrome, and MCTD had about the same prevalence.
For the purpose of our study, we used a cut-off point (≤ 72) that generated about the same prevalence of mental problems as the GHQ-12.
Compared with the prevalence for Swedish children 13 14 years of age, shown in an ISAAC-study [ 4], the adolescents (13 21 years) in the present study reported about the same prevalence of asthma/wheezing (15%and16%6%, respectively) and of eczema (17%and20%0%, respectively), but a higher prevalence of rhino-conjunctivitis (26% and 38%, respectively).
The stroke patients had higher prevalences of anorexia, loss of weight, dizziness, impaired hearing, constipation, pain in the legs, sweating and breathlessness, a lower prevalence regarding headache, and about the same prevalences of fatigue and sadness.
Dr. E. Fuller Torrey, a Washington psychiatrist who has published some of the most provocative analyses of the origins of schizophrenia, believes that the illness was virtually unknown until about 1800, when it appeared suddenly all over the Western world, increased rapidly for about 100 years, then leveled off about 1920 and has maintained essentially the same prevalence rate ever since.
This is the same prevalence of VD habit (about 70%) was previously reported among all attendees of the outpatient clinic of the same Hospital [ 8].
Vitamin E use prevalence was about the same among Army men, Army women, and elite groups (7-12%).
The prevalence rates of current depression, suicide risk and PTSD were more than two times higher in women than in men while for generalized anxiety disorder, the prevalence was about the same.
