TABLE 1.
Estimates of coverage with the first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1) administered through routine immunization services among children aged 1 year, reported measles cases, and incidence, by World Health Organization (WHO) region, 2000 and 2011
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| % coverage with MCV1* | No. of reported measles cases† | Measles incidence (cases per million population)§ | % countries with incidence <5 per million | Estimated measles deaths | % coverage with MCV1* | No. of reported measles cases† | % decline from 2000 | Measles incidence (cases per million population)§ | % decline from 2000 | % countries with incidence <5 per million | Estimated measles deaths | % mortality reduction 2000 to 2011 | % total measles deaths in 2011 | |||
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| African | 54 | 520,102 | 838 | 8 | 338,000 | (216,000–736,000) | 75 | 194,364 | 63 | 227 | 73 | 46 | 55,000 | (23,000–338,000) | 84 | 35 |
| Americas | 92 | 1,755 | 2.1 | 89 | <100 | — | 92 | 1,372 | 22 | 1.5 | 31 | 94 | <100 | — | — | 0 |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 72 | 38,592 | 88 | 17 | 54,000 | (32,000–100,000) | 83 | 35,923 | 7 | 61 | 31 | 45 | 30,000 | (19,000–56,000) | 45 | 19 |
| European | 91 | 37,421 | 50 | 45 | 400 | (100–2,400) | 94 | 37,073 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 44 | 100 | (0–180) | 62 | 0 |
| South-East Asia | 61 | 78,558 | 51 | 0 | 137,000 | (95,000–205,000) | 79 | 65,161 | 17 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 71,000 | (52,000–100,000) | 52 | 45 |
| South-East Asia (excluding India) | 77 | 39,723 | 80 | 0 | 49,000 | (24,000–97,000) | 93 | 35,822 | 10 | 61 | 24 | 30 | 15,000 | (8,000–30,000) | 70 | 9 |
| India | 55 | 38,835 | 37 | 0 | 88,000 | (71,000–108,000) | 74 | 29,339 | 24 | 24 | 36 | 0 | 56,000 | (44,000–70,000) | 36 | 35 |
| Western Pacific | 85 | 177,052 | 106 | 30 | 13,000 | (4,000–46,000) | 96 | 21,050 | 88 | 12 | 89 | 62 | 1,000 | (200–30,000) | 90 | 1 |
| Total | 72 | 853,480 | 146 | 38 | 542,000 | (347,000–1,091,000) | 84 | 354,922 | 58 | 52 | 65 | 55 | 158,000 | (94,000–527,000) | 71 | 100 |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
Coverage data: WHO/UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2012. Available at http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/routine/immunization_coverage/en/index4.html.
Reported case data source: Measles reported cases. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011. Available at http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/en/globalsummary/timeseries/tsincidencemea.htm. Americas 2011 data source: Measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome surveillance data tables. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization; 2012. Available at http://ais.paho.org/phip/viz/im_vaccinepreventablediseases.asp.
Population data: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011). World population prospects: the 2010 revision, CD-ROM edition. Any country not reporting data on measles cases for that year was removed from the numerator and denominator.