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

Updated 27 March 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 E MIDS W MIDS EASTERN LONDON S EAST S WEST Wales Total
less than 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 1 0 8
1 to 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 1 0 0 15
5 to 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 9
10 to 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 1 2 0 20
15 to 19 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 13
20 to 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 10
25 to 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7
30 to 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
>=35 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 8
Total 2 2 2 0 2 1 65 4 13 0 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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