Confirmed cases of measles by region and age: 1996-2009

This table shows the total number of laboratory confirmed cases of measles for each region. This figure includes cases confirmed by both oral fluid IgM antibody tests and other laboratory reported cases.

England & Wales vaccine coverage data

Graph: Measles notifications (confirmed cases) England & Wales 1995-2009* by qtr

View particular years: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

2009
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	10	9	1	5	10	8	13	14	1	13	0	84
1-4y	29	36	20	21	23	27	51	73	13	37	0	330
5-9y	28	7	13	8	21	14	46	73	14	49	0	273
10-14y	34	8	8	4	20	9	41	70	10	36	0	240
15-19y	15	7	2	3	9	5	19	21	3	7	0	91
20-24y	4	6	1	1	6	4	8	8	1	9	0	48
25-29y	0	1	2	2	2	1	6	6	0	3	0	23
30-34y	1	0	2	1	3	4	7	4	0	1	0	23
>=35y	1	5	2	2	1	2	7	7	1	3	0	31
NK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total	122	79	51	47	95	74	198	276	43	159	0	1,144
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

2008
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	2	10	3	4	8	7	59	16	3	0	0	112
1-4y	4	59	20	17	25	18	154	29	12	7	0	345
5-9y	2	46	13	8	30	18	140	32	7	8	0	304
10-14y	7	32	6	3	17	19	124	19	5	11	0	243
15-19y	1	9	1	8	9	14	74	9	6	6	0	137
20-24y	0	8	0	3	4	6	48	4	0	4	1	78
25-29y	1	5	2	3	7	2	21	4	2	1	0	48
30-34y	0	5	3	1	5	6	21	7	2	2	0	52
>=35y	0	5	2	1	8	0	23	8	4	0	0	51
NK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	17	179	50	48	113	90	664	128	41	39	1	1370
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

2007
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	1	3	16	5	2	9	45	8	1	0	0	91
1-4y	1	9	33	21	14	39	163	29	2	7	0	317
5-9y	2	11	34	17	7	44	89	31	1	5	0	241
10-14y	4	2	22	9	2	25	48	18	0	1	0	131
15-19y	2	2	15	6	0	13	34	7	0	0	0	79
20-24y	0	0	9	4	1	4	18	2	2	0	0	40
25-29y	0	0	0	0	0	8	13	3	0	0	0	24
30-34y	1	2	5	1	0	9	12	2	0	0	0	32
>=35y	1	2	2	3	0	8	18	1	0	0	0	35
NK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	12	31	136	66	26	159	440	101	6	13	0	990
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

2006
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	3	5	6	3	11	8	22	14	4	0	0	76
1-4y	5	15	19	7	11	28	91	59	7	2	0	244
5-9y	2	3	7	5	7	21	56	42	1	1	0	145
10-14y	0	4	9	4	2	4	26	17	1	1	0	68
15-19y	0	3	0	4	4	8	15	26	1	0	0	61
20-24y	0	0	4	2	3	5	16	9	0	0	0	38
25-29y	2	3	1	2	0	2	15	9	1	0	0	35
30-34y	0	3	1	1	0	1	20	11	0	0	0	37
>=35y	0	3	0	0	2	7	12	9	1	0	0	34
NK	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Total	12	39	47	28	41	84	274	196	16	4	0	740
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

2005
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	7
1-4y	0	2	1	6	0	6	20	1	0	0	0	36
5-9y	0	2	0	3	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	11
10-14y	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4
15-19y	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
20-24y	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
25-29y	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	8
30-34y	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
>=35y	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
NK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	7	2	14	2	9	33	6	4	0	0	77
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

2004
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	0	2	3	7	4	0	4	3	0	1	0	24
1-4y	1	1	8	22	2	6	21	7	0	4	1	73
5-9y	0	3	6	7	1	2	9	1	1	4	1	35
10-14y	1	2	2	5	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	22
15-19y	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
20-24y	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	7
25-29y	0	2	0	3	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	11
30-34y	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	6
>=35y	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	7
NK	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
Total	2	15	21	46	8	11	55	17	2	10	4	191
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

2003
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	0	5	1	0	0	5	10	8	3	1	1	34
1-4y	0	21	4	6	2	9	58	17	6	19	5	147
5-9y	0	17	4	1	1	10	51	17	3	12	1	117
10-14y	0	7	0	5	0	3	17	9	4	5	0	50
15-19y	0	3	0	0	0	6	6	3	0	3	0	21
20-24y	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	3	5	1	0	17
25-29y	0	2	1	1	0	1	5	4	1	1	0	16
30-34y	0	2	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	10
>=35y	0	7	0	0	1	1	7	3	0	1	1	21
NK	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	5
Total	0	65	10	14	4	38	169	64	22	44	8	438
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

2002
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	1	1	1	0	1	1	22	4	1	1	0	33
1-4y	4	1	2	2	1	2	76	29	0	1	0	118
5-9y	0	0	0	0	0	3	35	13	1	1	0	53
10-14y	1	1	0	0	0	3	22	8	0	0	0	35
15-19y	1	0	1	0	0	3	13	5	0	0	0	23
20-24y	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	3	0	0	0	19
25-29y	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	8
30-34y	0	1	0	0	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	12
>=35y	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	4
NK	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
Total	8	5	5	2	5	12	197	69	2	3	0	308
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

2001
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	5
1-4y	0	1	0	0	0	3	10	3	1	0	0	18
5-9y	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	8
10-14y	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4
15-19y	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	9
20-24y	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	11
25-29y	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	7
30-34y	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
>=35y	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5
NK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	3	6	4	0	1	9	25	14	5	3	0	70
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

2000
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	0	2	1	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	11
1-4y	0	2	0	0	2	6	22	2	3	0	0	37
5-9y	0	1	1	0	1	1	10	0	0	1	0	15
10-14y	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	8
15-19y	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	6
20-24y	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4
25-29y	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	0	10
30-34y	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4
>=35y	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	5
NK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	10	3	2	9	10	50	11	4	1	0	100
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

1999
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	6
1-4y	0	10	1	1	1	1	7	1	1	0	1	24
5-9y	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	11
10-14y	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	9
15-19y	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
20-24y	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	1	0	0	0	20
25-29y	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	9
30-34y	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	6
>=35y	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
NK	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	23	1	1	3	5	47	2	9	0	1	92
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

1998
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
1-4y	0	2	3	0	2	0	4	2	5	0	0	18
5-9y	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	8
10-14y	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	4
15-19y	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	3	0	0	8
20-24y	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	6
25-29y	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4
30-34y	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
>=35y	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	4
NK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	2	4	0	5	5	12	9	18	1	0	56
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

1997
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
1-4y	0	1	8	1	2	1	12	2	20	0	0	47
5-9y	0	0	17	0	2	0	0	6	29	0	0	54
10-14y	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	1	28	0	0	37
15-19y	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	0	9
20-24y	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	1	2	0	0	12
25-29y	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	4
30-34y	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
>=35y	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5
NK	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	4
Total	1	5	34	4	6	5	20	13	89	0	0	177
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

1996
Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1y	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	9
1-4y	0	1	1	0	0	5	9	2	1	0	0	19
5-9y	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	5
10-14y	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	9
15-19y	0	5	3	2	0	10	0	9	0	0	0	29
20-24y	1	3	1	2	0	4	6	3	0	0	0	20
25-29y	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	11
30-34y	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	5
>=35y	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4
NK	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	1	13	6	5	0	34	32	20	1	0	0	112
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives

NK: Not known

*Provisional totals

Source: Centre for Infections

Graph: Measles notifications (confirmed cases) England & Wales 1995-2008* by qtr

Last reviewed: 26 February 2010