Measles Notifications: England and Wales, by Sex, 1989 - 2010

Year	Male	Female	Not stated	Total
1989	13576	12646	-	2622
1990	7006	6296	-	13302
1991	5037	4643	-	9680
1992	5457	4811	-	10268
1993	5218	4394	-	9612
1994	8687	7688	-	16375
1995	4108	3339	-	7447
1996	3306	2308	-	5614
1997	2087	1875	-	3962
1998	1919	1805	4	3728
1999	1278	1146	14	2438
2000	1213	1153	12	2378
2001	1126	1106	18	2250
2002	1617	1552	18	3187
2003	1296	1167	25	2488
2004	1244	1086	26	2356
2005	1090	971	28	2089
2006	1908	1721	76	3705
2007	1803	1698	169	3670
2008	2667	2331	90	5088
2009	2661	2456	74	5191
2010*^#	1175	1020	21	2216

*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

Last reviewed: 28 December 2011