The phrase "alarmingly high prevalence of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a concerning or surprising frequency of a particular issue or condition in a population.
Example: "The study revealed an alarmingly high prevalence of anxiety disorders among teenagers."
Alternatives: "worryingly high rate of" or "concerningly high occurrence of".
Published by the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the study found "an alarmingly high prevalence" of meldonium at the June Games, revealing 13 medallists had taken the drug, which was still legal at the time.
We did find an alarmingly high prevalence of eBP, recognizing that this signals substantial under-treatment of a serious condition.
An alarmingly high prevalence of childhood sexual and physical abuse has been observed in HIV-infected men and women, with rates several times higher than observed in the general population.
We did find an alarmingly high prevalence of eBP, recognizing that this signals substantial under-treatment in China of a serious condition, and therefore a major public-health concern.
An alarmingly high prevalence of clinical depressive symptoms was observed among Cypriot university students.
We found an alarmingly high prevalence of diabetes in the groups from Sri Lanka and Pakistan 20-266%) in Oslo.
Moreover, an alarmingly high prevalence (52.5%) of drug users self-reported ever having had sex with commercial sex partners, with 89.9% of these participants self-reporting inconsistent condom use in this study.
With alarmingly high prevalence and increasing incidence of CKD and ESRD [ 7- 9], a better understanding of the relationship between these serious diseases and past S. pyogenes infection may help to improve management of CKD.
The Asian region is one of the epicenters for pneumococcal resistance, and Taiwan has become the focus of pneumococcal resistance since 1996, particularly after several reports documented the alarmingly high prevalence among clinical isolates of resistance to β-lactam antibiotics and macrolides (4– 12).
Several other investigators, who have conducted analogous epidemiological surveys in other developing nations, such as in Philippines, Costa Rica and Iran [ 29- 31], have confirmed these alarmingly high prevalence rates among children living under the supervision and care of better educated parents.
In our study, we observed alarmingly higher prevalence rates of penicillin- (34%) and high-level penicillin-resistant strains (14%) than those reported in most of the South American countries.
