Prevalence is a measure of disease that allows us to determine a person's likelihood of having a disease. Therefore, the number of prevalent cases is the total number of cases of disease existing in a population. A prevalence rate is the total number of cases of a disease existing in a population divided by the total population. So, if a measurement of cancer is taken in a population of 40,000 people and 1,200 were recently diagnosed with cancer and 3,500 are living with cancer, then the prevalence of cancer is 0.118.
1 Canned food or frozen raw food, on average, costs between $400 and $1,000 per year for one to three cases of 13-ounce cans per month or for one to three 10-pound bags of frozen raw food per month. Premium or holistic dry kibble, on average, costs between $200 and $400 per year for a thirty-pound bag every month to two months.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer expenditure surveys, the typical household spends $7,023 each year on food, which works out to an average of $585 per month. Of that portion, about $4,015 per year (or $334.58 per month) is spent on food at home â likely the average grocery budget across the U.S.