Imported malaria in the UK: statistics
Epidemiological data for imported malaria in the UK.
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Summary of the epidemiology of imported malaria in the UK based on data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Malaria Reference Laboratory and Public Health Scotland. The spreadsheets provide the additional data on:
- provisional imported malaria case numbers in the UK by species by month for January to June 2024
- imported malaria cases in the UK by species and region of travel for 2023
- imported malaria cases in the UK by species and reason for travel for 2023
- imported malaria cases (including malaria deaths) reported in the UK since 2000 by malaria parasite species
See the UK Government Web Archive for older historic data.
Updates to this page
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Updated provisional imported malaria case numbers in the UK by species by month for January to June 2024. Updated 'Imported malaria cases by species and region of travel', 'Imported malaria cases by species and reason for travel' and 'Imported malaria cases and deaths in the UK' for 2023.
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Updated provisional imported malaria case numbers in the UK by species by month for 2022 and 2023 to include data for the UK overall
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Updated provisional imported malaria case numbers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, by species by month for 2022 and 2023, with additional data to the end of 2023.
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Added provisional imported malaria case numbers in the UK by species by month for 2022 and 2023 (until October 2023).
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Updated tables with data for 2021.
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Added new data from 2018 as open source documents.
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Updated 2017 data tables.
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Data correction to annual data table 1996 to 2016.
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Added 2016 data.
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Updated tables with 2015 data.
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Updated imported malaria data tables with 2014 data.
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First published.