Research and analysis

Mumps: confirmed cases in England and Wales by age and region, 2012 to 2020

Updated 21 September 2022

Applies to England and Wales

These tables shows the total number of laboratory confirmed cases of mumps for each region. This figure includes cases confirmed by both oral fluid IgM antibody tests or PCR and other laboratory reported cases.

1. 2020*

Age group	North East	North Wes	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1 to 4 years	6	2	0	1	4	2	1	1	5	2	24
5 to 9 years	3	2	1	0	0	3	3	3	1	8	24
10 to 14 years	21	13	0	6	17	3	5	8	9	25	107
15 to 19 years	182	66	8	84	64	34	48	114	98	136	834
20 to 24 years	250	98	118	120	92	36	81	160	172	176	1,303
25 to 29 years	108	38	159	23	36	14	39	29	52	69	567
30 to 34 years	83	31	34	16	16	13	41	32	31	46	343
35 years and older	122	49	22	11	42	29	55	61	55	61	507
not known	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28
Total	775	300	370	261	271	134	273	408	423	523	3,738

*Provisional totals

2. 2019

Age group	North East	North Wes	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
1 to 4 years	2	6	3	3	4	1	8	5	1	2	35
5 to 9 years	2	14	6	3	5	4	9	11	6	4	64
10 to 14 years	8	62	14	17	25	10	16	21	9	6	188
15 to 19 years	84	225	102	143	143	65	90	181	146	189	1,368
20 to 24 years	138	360	168	324	168	115	164	289	240	285	2,251
25 to 29 years	41	125	52	43	46	34	88	70	62	62	623
30 to 34 years	22	82	31	44	40	26	108	44	38	47	482
35 years and older	33	122	41	53	58	46	110	105	67	68	703
Total	330	999	417	630	490	301	593	726	569	663	5,718

3. 2018

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
1 to 4 years	0	4	2	1	2	1	1	3	1	0	15
5 to 9 years	1	8	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	18
10 to 14 years	2	30	3	2	3	4	6	6	3	2	61
15 to 19 years	9	151	13	15	19	10	16	4	13	7	257
20 to 24 years	12	153	24	17	17	4	28	20	14	10	299
25 to 29 years	9	73	5	8	11	6	25	13	5	1	156
30 to 34 years	4	43	1	2	13	4	39	8	4	4	122
35 years and older	4	45	6	8	17	11	30	21	13	3	158
Total	41	507	55	55	86	40	146	76	55	27	1,088

4. 2017

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
1 to 4 years	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	7	0	1	19
5 to 9 years	10	2	4	4	2	2	10	1	3	1	39
10 to 14 years	11	15	8	3	2	4	11	14	5	0	73
15 to 19 years	97	67	75	44	47	22	31	93	41	17	534
20 to 24 years	99	77	99	47	51	41	67	86	30	16	613
25 to 29 years	45	26	17	10	10	9	56	26	12	7	218
30 to 34 years	27	12	14	4	7	9	37	22	8	1	141
35 years and older	28	28	15	12	10	13	45	34	12	1	198
not known	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	322	229	234	126	132	100	258	284	111	44	1,840

5. 2016

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 to 4 years	0	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	8
5 to 9 years	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8
10 to 14 years	5	2	8	0	3	1	5	2	5	4	35
15 to 19 years	13	9	4	7	6	4	5	28	35	15	126
20 to 24 years	6	12	3	1	10	7	15	39	37	6	136
25 to 29 years	6	6	4	2	11	6	34	8	15	0	92
30 to 34 years	5	7	3	3	4	7	14	11	6	4	64
35 years and older	3	11	5	6	8	12	18	18	17	6	104
Total	39	49	31	20	43	39	95	106	115	36	573

6. 2015

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 to 4 years	0	6	4	1	2	7	8	6	3	2	39
5 to 9 years	2	3	11	1	1	3	8	3	4	4	40
10 to 14 years	14	11	8	2	2	2	5	0	5	3	52
15 to 19 years	43	10	28	3	9	1	6	20	18	12	150
20 to 24 years	48	16	24	6	6	7	14	18	14	32	185
25 to 29 years	27	12	8	6	4	9	34	12	6	7	125
30 to 34 years	20	10	5	0	5	9	9	12	9	5	84
35 years and older	29	12	19	2	11	19	22	24	13	4	155
Total	183	80	107	21	40	57	106	95	72	69	830

7. 2014

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	Total
less than 1 year	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1 to 4 years	2	3	6	4	3	3	6	6	4	2	39
5 to 9 years	2	12	13	2	3	5	20	13	1	5	76
10 to 14 years	1	12	18	9	11	18	19	17	17	34	156
15 to 19 years	17	98	85	105	57	54	66	107	78	145	812
20 to 24 years	31	94	100	128	97	47	105	142	97	115	956
25 to 29 years	14	51	43	35	50	31	115	83	36	65	523
30 to 34 years	7	17	15	16	21	19	60	29	18	15	217
35 years and older	10	45	32	13	28	31	36	55	31	33	314
Total	84	332	313	312	270	208	427	452	282	414	3,094

8. 2013

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1 year	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	5
1 to 4 years	1	10	8	5	3	2	7	10	5	1	0	52
5 to 9 years	9	28	25	9	4	3	9	9	6	8	0	110
10 to 14 years	3	44	55	4	14	25	13	14	20	18	0	210
15 to 19 years	66	210	137	94	55	65	75	159	160	153	0	1,174
20 to 24 years	53	216	150	154	88	79	120	210	165	193	0	1,428
25 to 29 years	34	105	66	31	49	32	130	82	63	80	0	672
30 to 34 years	11	28	22	11	15	15	61	38	28	17	0	246
35 years and older	18	63	42	16	16	28	49	60	34	42	0	368
Total	195	704	505	325	245	249	464	583	482	513	0	4,265

9. 2012

Age group	North East	North West	Yorkshire and Humberside	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West	Wales	NK	Total
less than 1 year	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
1 to 4 years	2	12	5	5	2	5	6	5	0	0	0	42
5 to 9 years	3	8	15	2	2	3	4	12	5	2	0	56
10 to 14 years	10	66	44	6	19	9	11	13	13	4	0	195
15 to 19 years	83	172	75	47	44	24	27	90	71	27	0	660
20 to 24 years	99	160	144	55	54	43	62	144	89	29	0	879
25 to 29 years	45	88	55	30	35	12	53	51	17	10	0	396
30 to 34 years	20	33	21	8	8	7	20	22	5	3	0	147
35 years and older	39	51	40	19	25	22	32	41	18	13	0	300
not known	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	301	592	399	172	191	126	215	378	218	88	0	2,680

Source: Public Health England (now UK Health Security Agency), National Infection Service

To view data from 1996 to 2011, visit the archived health protection website.