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Diphtheria in England: annual reports

Annual data on reported cases of diphtheria in England, with epidemiological commentary.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 22 May 2015
• Last updated: 24 April 2025
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  1. 24 April 2025

     Added HPR 19(4) annual report for 2024.

  2. 29 August 2024

     Added annual report for 2023.

  3. 23 May 2023

     Corrected number of non-toxigenic C. diphtheriae infection notifications in 2022 and number of isolates of non-toxigenic C. ulcerans in Table 1(c) in 2022 report.

  4. 23 May 2023

     Added Health Protection Report (HPR) 17(6) annual report for 2022.

  5. 25 May 2022

     Added annual report for 2021.

  6. 27 April 2021

     Added Health Protection Report (HPR) 15(7) annual report for 2020.

  7. 24 March 2020

     Added Health Protection Report (HPR) 14(6) annual report for 2019.

  8. 22 March 2019

     Added HPR 13(10) annual report.

  9. 25 May 2018

     Added HPR 12(18) annual report for 2017.

  10. 31 March 2017

      HPR 11(13) report uploaded

  11. 1 April 2016

      HPR 10(13) report uploaded

  12. 22 May 2015

      First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Diphtheria in England: 2024

Ref: HPR 19(4)

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Diphtheria in England: 2023

Ref: HPR 18(7)

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Diphtheria in England: 2022

Ref: HPR 17(6)

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Diphtheria in England: 2021

Ref: HPR 16(5)

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Details

For previous annual reports published by Public Health England, see the UK Government Web Archive

For pre-2014 reports, see the Health Protection Report Immunisation Archives