Notifications, by Age Group, 1989 - 2010

Age in years
	less 1	1 - 4	5 - 9	10 - 14	15 +	NK	Total
1989	155	8152	8251	1332	2512	311	20713
1990	77	1539	1357	437	806	61	4277
1991	68	1048	798	354	594	60	2922
1992	54	821	676	270	541	50	2412
1993	39	660	644	258	495	57	2153
1994	33	615	608	348	835	55	2494
1995	26	569	549	231	522	36	1933
1996	29	451	480	287	482	18	1747
1997	26	461	515	326	562	24	1914
1998	29	397	366	259	524	12	1587
1999	38	376	351	384	519	23	1691
2000	25	370	360	721	671	15	2162
2001	43	480	425	856	906	31	2741
2002	34	386	268	355	924	30	1997
2003	60	466	382	625	2611	60	4204
2004	95	705	690	1311	13366	200	16367
2005	260	1547	2007	4977	46687	778	56256
2006	120	934	917	1143	9656	146	12916
2007	57	824	775	628	4851	61	7196
2008	85	898	752	588	5453	51	7827
2009	132	1124	1142	1074	15028	129	18629
2010*^#	77	811	760	751	7869	75	10343

*provisional data

#Provisions relating to laboratory notifications in the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/659) came into force on 1st October 2010, and significantly improve and extend the existing arrangements for statutory notification of infectious diseases in England. The statutory notification by diagnostic laboratories of specified causative agents of infectious disease to the HPA, which includes measles, mumps and rubella, will be reflected in future quarterly and annual summaries of confirmed cases of these infections.

Source: Notifications of Infectious Diseases
Cases from Port Health Authorities excluded
*Provisional

Last reviewed: 29 December 2011