Research and analysis

Measles: confirmed cases

Total laboratory-confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 22 August 2014
• Last updated: 26 September 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

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Measles notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing 2013 to 2022 by quarter

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Confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales by region and age: 2012 to 2024 (Q1 and Q2)

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Confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales: 1996 to 2022

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Details

These documents provide statistics for:

• measles notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing in England 2013 to 2022 by quarter
• confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales by region and age from 2012 to 2024 (Q1 and Q2)
• confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales from 1996 to 2022

Published 22 August 2014
Last updated 26 September 2024 + show all updates

1. 26 September 2024

   Updated 'Confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales by region and age' to include 2023 and 2024 (Q1 and Q2) data.

2. 24 November 2023

   Added 2022 data to all tables.

3. 21 September 2022

   Updated measles notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing in England by year and quarter

4. 1 February 2022

   Updated confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales by region and age; measles notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing by quarter; confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales to include to include 2021 data.

5. 21 June 2021

   Updated cases by region and age and by oral fluid testing, and cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales.

6. 5 October 2020

   Added 2020 Q1 and Q2 data to the measles notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing table.

7. 3 April 2020

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

8. 16 March 2020

   Added measles notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing in England 2019 data.

9. 6 March 2020

   Added 2019 data to the confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales table.

10. 3 October 2019

    Updated the confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales, and the confirmed cases of measles by region and age tables.

11. 22 July 2019

    Updated the confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales: 1996 to 2018 data table.

12. 11 July 2019

    Updated the confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales, and the confirmed cases by region and age tables.

13. 24 June 2019

    Updated cases by oral fluid testing in England, the confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales, and the confirmed cases by region and age tables.

14. 28 November 2018

    Updated the 2017 total for confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales: 1996 to 2017.

15. 23 November 2018

    Updated Measles: notifications and confirmed cases by oral fluid testing and Confirmed cases of measles, mumps and rubella in England and Wales tables.

16. 10 July 2018

    Updated the 2017 measles numbers.

17. 15 June 2018

    Measles notifications and confirmed cases by quarter and region and age tables updated to include 2017 and 2018 quarter 1.

18. 14 July 2017

    Added measles notifications and confirmed cases between January and March 2017.

19. 27 March 2017

    Updated data up to the end of 2016.

20. 14 April 2016

    Updated data tables up to end of 2015.

21. 4 December 2015

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

22. 10 August 2015

    Updated data up to 2015.

23. 22 August 2014

    First published.