Confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales by region and age: 2012 to 2016

Updated 14 July 2017

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This table shows the total number of laboratory confirmed cases of measles for each region. This figure includes cases confirmed by both oral fluid IgM antibody tests and/or PCR and other laboratory reported cases.

England and Wales vaccine coverage data

1. 2016

Age group	N EAST	N WEST	YORK&HUM	E MIDS	W MIDS	EASTERN	LONDON	S EAST	S WEST	Wales	Total
less than 1	0	1	0	0	0	2	19	1	3	1	27
1 to 4	0	0	2	0	0	2	42	4	5	0	55
5 to 9	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	5	1	2	44
10 to 14	0	0	1	1	0	3	37	7	18	5	72
15 to 19	0	0	2	0	4	4	45	14	36	4	109
20 to 24	0	1	5	2	1	5	37	11	18	3	83
25 to 29	0	1	2	1	1	1	39	7	5	0	57
30 to 34	0	0	1	0	0	3	22	0	2	0	28
>=35	1	0	3	0	2	4	42	11	8	1	72
Total	1	3	16	4	8	24	319	60	96	16	547

2. 2015

Age group	N EAST	N WEST	YORK&HUM	W MIDS	EASTERN	LONDON	S EAST	S WEST	Total
less than 1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	8
1 to 4	0	0	0	1	0	13	1	0	15
5 to 9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	9
10 to 14	1	0	1	0	0	15	1	2	20
15 to 19	0	0	1	0	1	10	0	1	13
20 to 24	1	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	10
25 to 29	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	7
30 to 34	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
>=35	0	1	0	0	0	4	2	1	8
Total	2	2	2	2	1	65	4	13	91

3. 2014

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1	3	1	1	0	0	1	10	0	0	2	18
1 to 4	0	1	1	0	5	5	19	3	1	2	37
5 to 9	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	7
10 to 14	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	7
15 to 19	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	5	11
20 to 24	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	0	1	2	12
25 to 29	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
30 to 34	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	10
>=35	3	0	0	1	1	2	4	6	0	2	19
Total	6	7	2	4	7	11	59	12	3	19	130

4. 2013

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1y	47	51	7	2	5	1	16	2	11	21	163
1-4y	74	63	21	15	9	15	57	6	17	34	311
5-9y	31	51	17	13	10	16	32	8	21	38	237
10-14y	107	93	14	13	17	14	34	4	37	144	477
15-19y	52	61	3	1	5	10	14	2	32	112	292
20-24y	27	23	12	0	4	4	13	0	13	29	125
25-29y	11	12	4	0	2	3	8	1	7	21	69
30-34y	6	7	3	0	1	2	7	1	9	6	42
>=35y	21	17	10	7	6	12	11	2	16	25	127
Total	376	378	91	51	59	77	192	26	163	430	1843

5. 2012

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire & Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1y	2	150	9	4	6	6	7	18	4	9	215
1-4y	6	189	40	10	29	9	33	36	13	15	380
5-9y	5	122	33	11	25	7	25	89	21	25	363
10-14y	11	137	27	9	20	10	21	137	21	39	432
15-19y	11	90	21	4	15	2	15	49	21	14	242
20-24y	3	72	11	5	8	2	15	17	2	1	136
25-29y	2	45	3	6	3	2	6	5	3	5	80
30-34y	3	28	2	1	4	1	6	6	5	4	60
>=35y	6	34	7	6	16	7	11	25	4	6	122
Total	49	867	153	56	126	46	139	382	94	118	2030

NK: Not known

*Provisional totals

Source: Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control (CIDSC)

To view data from 1996 to 2011, visit the National Archives website.

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