Research and analysis

Rubella: confirmed cases

Epidemiological data for rubella showing total laboratory confirmed cases in England and Wales.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Details

These documents provide statistics for:

  • rubella notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing in England 2013 to 2022 by quarter
  • confirmed cases of rubella in England and Wales by region and age from 2012 to 2021

Data on the number of confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales from 1996 to present are also available online.

Published 1 May 2014
Last updated 21 September 2022 + show all updates
  1. Updated rubella notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing in England by year and quarter.

  2. Updated confirmed cases of rubella in England and Wales by region and age table.

  3. Updated Rubella notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing by quarter to include quarter 2 and 3 for 2021.

  4. Updated Rubella notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing by quarter.

  5. Added 2019 Q2 to Q4 and 2020 Q1 and Q2 data to rubella notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing by quarter table.

  6. Added confirmed cases in England and Wales by age and region 2019 data.

  7. Updated all the tables to include the latest data.

  8. Updated 'Rubella: notifications and confirmed cases' 2013 to 2018 data table.

  9. Updated Rubella notifications and confirmed cases by quarter and region and age tables to include 2017 and 2018 quarter 1.

  10. Added rubella notifications and confirmed cases between January and March 2017.

  11. Updated data up to end of 2016.

  12. Updated tables with data up to end of 2015.

  13. Updated to include data up to 3rd quarter 2015 (July to September).

  14. Updated data up to 2015.

  15. First published.