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Confirmed cases of measles by region and age: 1996-2012

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/or PCR and other laboratory reported cases.

 

England & Wales vaccine coverage data
 

Graph: Measles notifications (confirmed cases) England & Wales 1995-2012* by qtr

 

View particular years: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

 

2012*
                      
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
151
9
4
6
6
7
19
4
10
0
218
1-4y
6
189
40
10
28
9
33
36
12
16
0
379
5-9y
5
122
32
11
25
7
25
89
21
25
0
362
10-14y
12
138
26
9
18
10
21
137
22
38
0
431
15-19y
11
91
21
4
14
2
15
50
20
14
0
242
20-24y
3
71
12
5
8
4
14
16
2
1
0
136
25-29y
2
45
3
6
3
2
6
5
3
4
0
79
30-34y
3
29
2
1
3
1
6
6
6
4
0
61
>=35y
7
35
6
6
16
7
11
25
4
5
0
122
NK
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
51
871
151
56
121
48
138
383
94
117
0
2030
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives
                  

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2011
                      
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
8
3
3
6
1
23
9
2
2
0
59
1-4y
2
6
8
2
4
7
85
47
8
2
0
171
5-9y
3
7
2
2
7
8
63
68
18
4
0
182
10-14y
3
7
7
5
9
7
67
100
26
4
0
235
15-19y
3
3
18
2
5
8
46
60
18
3
0
166
20-24y
0
6
15
0
5
3
21
19
5
2
0
76
25-29y
1
2
2
0
0
1
37
9
7
1
0
60
30-34y
1
1
0
0
2
2
34
8
1
0
0
49
>=35y
0
0
7
2
2
5
45
24
2
1
0
88
NK
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
15
40
62
16
40
42
421
344
87
19
0
1086
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives
                  

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2010
                      
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
10
5
0
0
6
2
9
0
0
0
33
1-4y
2
17
6
1
4
10
16
22
3
2
0
83
5-9y
2
7
7
0
3
5
9
9
0
3
0
45
10-14y
0
6
4
2
1
10
16
17
4
0
0
60
15-19y
1
1
3
2
2
11
10
19
2
0
1
52
20-24y
0
3
5
3
2
6
10
5
0
0
0
34
25-29y
0
0
2
0
2
2
10
4
0
0
0
20
30-34y
0
1
0
0
0
6
6
6
1
1
0
21
>=35y
4
0
1
1
0
6
10
8
0
2
0
32
NK
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
10
45
33
9
14
62
89
99
10
8
1
380
Laboratory reports & Saliva IgM positives
                  

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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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
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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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
                  

 

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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: Immunisation, Hepatitis and Blood Safety Department

Graph: Measles notifications (confirmed cases) England & Wales 1995-2012* by qtr


Last reviewed: 22 February 2013



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