Measles notifications (confirmed cases) England and Wales 1995 - 2012* by quarter

Following the Measles-Rubella (MR) school campaign in November 1994 the Health Protection Agency has offered oral fluid testing to confirm the diagnosis on all notified cases of measles, mumps and rubella. This is part of the enhanced surveillance programme for these vaccine-preventable diseases. The table below shows only the cases confirmed by oral fluid IgM antibody tests and/or PCR in each quarter compared to the number of notified cases.
For the total number of laboratory confirmed cases of measles see laboratory confirmed cases.

			Tested		Confirmed
Year	Quarter	Uncorrected Notified Cases	Number	%	Number	%
2012*	4th	1664	944	56.7%	309	32.7%
2012	3rd	1307	873	66.8%	241	27.6%
2012	2nd	1192#	1454	121.9%	419	28.8%
2012	1st	982#	1277	130.0%	168	13.2%
2011	4th	451#	627	139.0%	138	22.0%
2011	3rd	477#	610	127.8%	154	25.2%
2011	2nd	862#	1208	140.1%	346	28.6%
2011	1st	538#	722	134.2%	151	20.9%
2010	4th	370#	458	123.8%	31	6.8%
2010	3rd	579#	646	111.6%	134	20.7%
2010	2nd	736	641	87.1%	71	11.1%
2010	1st	543	452	83.2%	13	2.9%
2009	4th	519	398	76.7%	4	1.0%
2009	3rd	830	558	62.2%	86	11.1%
2009	2nd	2133	1811	84.9%	482	26.6%
2009	1st	1781	1704	95.7%	304	17.8%
2008	4th	1405	1053	74.9%	265	25.2%
2008	3rd	1347	1066	79.1%	231	21.7%
2008	2nd	1382	1308	94.7%	324	24.7%
2008	1st	970	954	98.4%	181	19.0%
2007	4th	988	849	85.9%	170	20.0%
2007	3rd	1348	1136	84.3%	308	27.1%
2007	2nd	775	758	98.1%	133	17.5%
2007	1st	589	554	94.0%	13	2.3%
2006	4th	506	466	92.1%	8	1.7%
2006	3rd	887	747	84.2%	55	7.4%
2006	2nd	1599	1449	90.6%	295	20.4%
2006	1st	719	709	98.6%	107	15.1%
2005	4th	408	346	84.8%	14	4.0%
2005	3rd	470	359	76.4%	11	3.1%
2005	2nd	645	561	87.0%	16	2.9%
2005	1st	591	587	99.3%	13	2.2%
2004	4th	518#	592	114.3%	9	1.5%
2004	3rd	553#	590	106.7%	34	5.8%
2004	2nd	741#	830	112.0%	78	9.4%
2004	1st	635#	761	119.8%	29	3.8%
2003	4th	554#	667	120.4%	62	9.3%
2003	3rd	576	576	100%	55	9.5%
2003	2nd	723#	756	104.6%	112	14.8%
2003	1st	693#	884	127.6%	106	12.0%
2002	4th	567#	612	107.9%	64	10.5%
2002	3rd	646	577	89.3%	20	3.5%
2002	2nd	845	779	92.2%	40	5.1%
2002	1st	1199#	1386	115.6%	82	5.9%
2001	4th	528	467	88.4%	13	2.0%
2001	3rd	466	347	74.5%	6	1.7%
2001	2nd	572	451	78.8%	4	0.9%
2001	1st	741	592	79.9%	5	0.9%
2000	4th	466	342	73.4%	6	1.8%
2000	3rd	563	391	69.4%	8	2.0%
2000	2nd	691	494	71.5%	25	5.1%
2000	1st	746	524	70.2%	35	6.7%
1999	4th	517	421	81.4%	21	5.0%
1999	3rd	591	385	65.0%	12	3.1%
1999	2nd	635	428	67.4%	6	1.4%
1999	1st	709	427	60.2%	8	1.9%
1998	4th	700	458	65.4%	4	0.9%
1998	3rd	771	489	63.4%	4	0.8%
1998	2nd	1037	759	73.2%	4	0.5%
1998	1st	1220	823	67.5%	30	3.6%
1997	4th	985	718	72.9%	113	15.7%
1997	3rd	949	605	63.8%	20	3.3%
1997	2nd	1137	693	60.9%	10	1.4%
1997	1st	1097	768	70.0%	8	1.0%
1996	4th	1090	708	65.1%	2	0.3%
1996	3rd	1123	694	61.8%	15	2.2%
1996	2nd	1613	928	57.5%	33	3.6%
1996	1st	1962	990	50.5%	13	1.3%
1995	4th	1394	773	55.5%	6	0.8%
1995	3rd	1457	885	60.7%	9	1.0%
1995	2nd	1924	1242	64.6%	5	0.4%
1995	1st	2672	1722	64.4%	27	1.6%

Source: Notifications of Infectious Diseases confirmed by salivary antibody detection at the Health Protection Agency, Centre for Infections.
* Provisional
# Oral fluid specimens were submitted early from suspected cases and may not have been subsequently notified, thus the proportion tested is artificially high in this quarter.

Graph: Measles notifications (confirmed cases) England and Wales 1995 - 2012 by quarter

For the total number of confirmed cases of measles see Confirmed cases of measles, by region & age 1996-2012

Last reviewed: 22 February 2013