Measles notifications and deaths in England and Wales, 1940-2007
| Year |
Notifications
|
Total Deaths
|
|---|---|---|
| 1940 |
409,521
|
857
|
| 1941 |
409,715
|
1,145
|
| 1942 |
286,341
|
458
|
| 1943 |
376,104
|
773
|
| 1944 |
158,479
|
243
|
| 1945 |
446,796
|
729
|
| 1946 |
160,402
|
204
|
| 1947 |
393,787
|
644
|
| 1948 |
399,606
|
327
|
| 1949 |
385,935
|
307
|
| 1950 |
367,725
|
221
|
| 1951 |
616,182
|
317
|
| 1952 |
389,502
|
141
|
| 1953 |
545,050
|
242
|
| 1954 |
146,995
|
45
|
| 1955 |
693,803
|
174
|
| 1956 |
160,556
|
28
|
| 1957 |
633,678
|
94
|
| 1958 |
259,308
|
49
|
| 1959 |
539,524
|
98
|
| 1960 |
159,364
|
31
|
| 1961 |
763,531
|
152
|
| 1962 |
184,895
|
39
|
| 1963 |
601,255
|
127
|
| 1964 |
306,801
|
73
|
| 1965 |
502,209
|
115
|
| 1966 |
343,642
|
80
|
| 1967 |
460,407
|
99
|
| 1968 |
236,154
|
51
|
| 1969 |
142,111
|
36
|
| 1970 |
307,408
|
42
|
| 1971 |
135,241
|
28
|
| 1972 |
145,916
|
29
|
| 1973 |
152,578
|
33
|
| 1974 |
109,636
|
20
|
| 1975 |
143,072
|
16
|
| 1976 |
55,502
|
14
|
| 1977 |
173,361
|
23
|
| 1978 |
124,067
|
20
|
| 1979 |
77,363
|
17
|
| 1980 |
139,487
|
26
|
| 1981 |
52,979
|
15
|
| 1982 |
94,195
|
13
|
| 1983 |
103,700
|
16
|
| 1984 |
62,079
|
10
|
| 1985 |
97,408
|
11
|
| 1986 |
82,054
|
10
|
| 1987 |
42,158
|
6
|
| 1988 |
86,001
|
16
|
| 1989 |
26,222
|
3
|
| 1990 |
13,302
|
1
|
| 1991 |
9,680
|
1
|
| 1992 |
10,268
|
2
|
| 1993 |
9,612
|
4
|
| 1994 |
16,375
|
0
|
| 1995 |
7,447
|
1
|
| 1996 |
5,614
|
0
|
| 1997 |
3,962
|
3
|
| 1998 |
3,728
|
3
|
| 1999 |
2,438
|
3
|
| 2000 |
2,378
|
1
|
| 2001 |
2,250
|
1
|
| 2002 |
3,232
|
1*
|
| 2003 |
2,488
|
0
|
| 2004 |
2,356
|
1
|
| 2005 |
2,089
|
0
|
| 2006 |
3,705
|
1
|
| 2007** |
3,700
|
1
|
* Known not to be measles infection
**Provisional data
Source: Office for National Statistics
In 2006 there was one measles death in a 13 years old male who had an underlying lung condition and was taking immunosuppressive drugs. Prior to 2006, the last death from acute measles was in 1992.
Other measles deaths shown above are in older individuals and were caused by the late effects of measles. These infections were acquired during the 1980s or earlier, when epidemics of measles occurred.
| Graph: Measles notifications and deaths in England and Wales, 1940-2007 |
Last reviewed: 28 May 2008