Number of deaths from measles from 2000 to 2018

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21 March 2019

You asked

Please provide data concerning the number of deaths attributed to measles in England and Wales between the years 2000 - 2018

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

We are responsible for publishing deaths by underlying cause of death for England and Wales, using the information supplied on the death certificate. The most recent year for which mortality statistics are available is 2017.

The information you requested is available in the following datasets:

  1. The 20th Century Mortality Files - 1994-2000

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160111174808/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-215593

  1. The 21st Century Mortality dataset, England & Wales 2001–2017

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/the21stcenturymortalityfilesdeathsdataset

Please be aware that cause of death is currently coded using Version 10 of the International classification of diseases (ICD-10). It was introduced in England and Wales in January 2001 and replaced the pre-existing ICD9. Therefore, deaths registered between 2001 and 2017 with an underlying cause of measles would be assigned the ICD-10 code B059 - https://icd.who.int/browse10/2014/en#/B05.9, and deaths registered in 2000 would be assigned the ICD9 code 0559.

Other special extracts and tabulations of deaths data for England and Wales are available (subject to legal frameworks, disclosure control, resources and agreement of costs, where appropriate). You can contact the team directly at: vsob@ons.gov.uk

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