Research and analysis

Confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales by region and age: 2012 to 2019

Updated 5 October 2020

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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. 2019*

Age group North East North West Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Wales Total
less than 1yr 0 1 1 1 0 2 5 1 1 0 12
1-4yrs 1 20 9 6 2 25 131 12 0 3 209
5-9yrs 0 10 5 0 3 19 46 7 1 1 92
10-14yrs 0 7 3 4 4 10 60 3 0 0 91
15-19yrs 0 3 1 7 1 6 47 13 4 2 84
20-24yrs 1 1 2 1 1 7 40 14 4 1 72
25-29yrs 0 5 1 7 2 8 31 3 2 0 59
30-34yrs 0 2 2 5 0 6 42 3 1 1 62
>=35yrs 1 2 4 17 1 19 59 12 9 3 127
Total 3 51 28 48 14 102 461 68 22 11 808

2. 2018

Age group North East North West Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Wales Total
less 1 yr 2 5 11 1 11 7 38 14 16 2 107
1-4yrs 1 2 19 1 15 6 70 20 26 2 162
5-9yrs 2 4 5 2 5 2 52 12 10 2 96
10-14yrs 0 2 12 3 8 1 23 18 10 1 78
15-19yrs 3 4 15 2 17 5 32 30 18 2 128
20-24yrs 1 7 10 0 7 5 42 15 8 3 98
25-29yrs 3 5 3 1 7 1 44 16 12 5 97
30-34yrs 0 2 2 0 6 1 30 15 14 2 72
>=35yrs 2 2 7 3 5 5 58 41 26 2 151
Total 14 33 84 13 81 33 389 181 140 21 989

3. 2017

Age group North East North West Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Wales Total
less 1 yr 0 9 14 0 6 1 6 6 1 2 45
1-4yrs 0 15 7 0 12 4 11 4 5 2 60
5-9yrs 1 3 8 0 2 1 3 1 14 2 35
10-14yrs 1 4 3 1 3 1 6 2 5 8 34
15-19yrs 0 1 1 0 2 4 7 3 5 2 25
20-24yrs 0 3 1 0 4 2 10 0 2 1 23
25-29yrs 0 1 1 0 6 0 8 2 1 1 20
30-34yrs 0 2 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 11
>=35yrs 0 4 4 0 3 1 10 4 4 0 30
Total 2 42 40 1 38 14 68 23 37 18 283

4. 2016

Age group North East North West Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Wales Total
less 1 yr 0 1 0 0 0 2 22 1 4 1 31
1-4yrs 0 0 2 0 0 2 39 4 4 0 51
5-9yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 5 1 2 45
10-14yrs 0 0 1 1 0 3 37 7 19 4 72
15-19yrs 0 0 2 0 4 4 44 14 38 4 110
20-24yrs 0 1 3 2 1 5 36 11 15 3 77
25-29yrs 0 1 1 1 1 1 39 7 5 0 56
30-34yrs 0 0 1 0 0 3 23 0 2 0 29
>=35yrs 1 0 2 0 2 4 41 11 8 1 70
Total 1 3 12 4 8 24 318 60 96 15 541

5. 2015

Age group North East North West Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Wales Total
less 1 yr 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 8
1-4yrs 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1 1 0 16
5-9yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 8
10-14yrs 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 2 0 20
15-19yrs 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 13
20-24yrs 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 10
25-29yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7
30-34yrs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
>=35yrs 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 8
Total 2 2 2 0 2 1 65 4 13 0 91

6. 2014

Age group North East North West Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Wales Total
less 1 yr 3 1 1 0 0 1 13 0 0 2 21
1-4yrs 0 1 1 0 5 5 13 3 1 2 31
5-9yrs 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
10-14yrs 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 7
15-19yrs 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 9
20-24yrs 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 0 1 2 12
25-29yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 8
30-34yrs 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 9
>=35yrs 3 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 0 2 17
Total 6 7 2 4 7 10 51 12 3 19 121

7. 2013

Age group North East North West Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Wales Total
less 1 yr 55 60 7 1 4 4 20 3 11 23 188
1-4yrs 67 55 23 15 9 12 52 5 16 34 288
5-9yrs 30 54 15 14 12 16 33 9 21 37 241
10-14yrs 107 92 14 12 19 13 33 3 37 142 472
15-19yrs 53 59 3 1 7 10 14 2 32 106 287
20-24yrs 27 25 10 0 4 3 13 0 13 28 123
25-29yrs 12 13 3 0 2 3 7 1 7 21 69
30-34yrs 6 6 3 0 1 2 7 1 9 7 42
>=35yrs 22 17 10 6 6 13 10 2 16 24 126
Total 379 381 88 49 64 76 189 26 162 422 1836

8. 2012

Age group North East North West Yorkshire & Humberside East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West Wales Total
less 1 yr 3 186 12 4 8 6 7 20 4 9 259
1-4yrs 5 159 36 8 27 9 31 35 13 14 337
5-9yrs 5 121 34 11 25 7 25 89 22 24 363
10-14yrs 11 138 27 9 19 10 20 141 22 38 435
15-19yrs 11 97 22 4 13 2 15 46 21 14 245
20-24yrs 3 70 11 4 8 3 14 15 3 1 132
25-29yrs 2 47 2 5 2 3 5 6 4 4 80
30-34yrs 4 28 2 1 4 1 7 7 4 3 61
>=35yrs 6 35 6 5 16 8 11 24 4 5 120
Total 50 881 152 51 122 49 135 383 97 112 2032

*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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