Table 2. Measles vaccination policies, reported incidence in 2001and year of previous major outbreak.

Country or area	Year of introduction			Year two-dose MMR vaccine introduced		Age of vaccination in 2001			Mean first dose coverage 1997–2001 (%)	2001 reported measles incidence (per 100 000)	Year incidence last exceeded 20 per 100 000
	First routine dose	Second routine dose				First dose (months)	Second dose (years)
Australia	1975	1993		1993		12	4		91	0.7a	1994
Belgium	1985	1994		1994		15	11/12		80	N/A	1997
Bulgaria	1969	1983		2001		13	12		93	0.1a	1992
Cyprus	1974	1989		1989		13–15	4–6		88	0b	1983
Czech Republic	1969	1975		1987		15	2		96	0.1b	1990
England and Wales	1968	1995		1995		12–15	4		88	0.1a	1994
Hungary	1974	1990		1991		15	11		100	0.2a	1989
Ireland	1985	1992		1992		15	4–5		77	6.3a	2000
Israel	1967	1994		1994		12	6		94	0.3a	1994
Latvia	1968	1987		2002		15	7		97	<0.1b	1987
Lithuania	1966	1992		1998		15	12 6–7c		97	0.2a	1987
Luxembourg	1986d	1994		1994		15–18	5–7		91	1.6a	1987
Malta	1983	1992		1995		15	7		90	0.5a	1986
Romania	1979	1994		2005		12–15	7		98	<0.1a	1998
Slovakia	1969	1977		1992		14	11		99	0a	1984
Slovenia	1968	1978		1990		12–18	5–7		92	0b	1995
Spain	1978	1996		1996		12–15	3–6		94	0.1b	1995
Sweden	1971	1982		1982		18	12		94	<0.1a	1983

MMR, measles, mumps and rubella; N/A, not available.
^a Notifications.
^b Laboratory confirmations.
^c Age in 2002.
^d First year of routine MMR vaccine, measles vaccine used previously.