Research and analysis

Mumps: notifications in England and Wales by age group, 2011 to 2021

Updated 25 May 2022

Applies to England and Wales

Mumps notifications in England and Wales (England only) by age group, 2011 to 2021

Year under 1 year 1 to 4 years 5 to 9 years 10 to 14 years 15 years and older unknown Total
2011† 66 (65) 623 (580) 552 (515) 415 (385) 5,223 (4,969) 9 (9) 6,888 (6,523)
2012† 39 (39) 717 (685) 614 (587) 569 (539) 5,569 (5,301) 22 (19) 7,530 (7,170)
2013† 57 (51) 952 (897) 911 (848) 634 (577) 7,517 (6,772) 24 (18) 10,095 (9,163)
2014† 48 (45) 898 (830) 795 (720) 631 (533) 5,942 (4,952) 20 (20) 8,334 (7,100)
2015† 45 (43) 960 (876) 934 (855) 493 (436) 3,678 (3,265) 4 (4) 6,114 (5,479)
2016† 50 (43) 786 (722) 661 (607) 452 (406) 3,207 (2,880) 4 (4) 5,160 (4,662)
2017† 47 (46) 962 (875) 946 (881) 533 (489) 5,227 (4,902) 8 (8) 7,723 (7,201)
2018† 50 (46) 913 (865) 845 (767) 551 (508) 4,385 (4,057) 5 (5) 6,749 (6,248)
2019 68 (63) 1,033 (940) 1,199 (1,085) 1,008 (895) 13,974 (11,691) 25 (25) 17,307 (14,699)
2020 47 (44) 566 (513) 663 (574) 768 (631) 12,006 (10,161) 36 (33) 14,086 (11,956)
2021* 19 (18) 317 (285) 374 (329) 294 (253) 2,204 (1,894) 6 (5) 3,214 (2,784)

*Provisional data

†Provisions relating to laboratory notifications in the Health Protection (Notification) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/659) came into force on 1 October 2010, and significantly improve and extend the existing arrangements for statutory notification of infectious diseases in England. The statutory notification by diagnostic laboratories of specified causative agents of infectious disease to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which includes measles, mumps and rubella, will be reflected in future quarterly and annual summaries of confirmed cases of these infections.

Source: Notifications of Infectious disease

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To view data from 1989 to 2010, visit the archived health protection website.