TABLE 1. Estimates of coverage with the first and second dose of measles-containing vaccine administered through routine immunization services, reported measles cases, and incidence by World Health Organization (WHO) region — worldwide, 2000, 2010, 2016, and 2019.
| WHO region/Year (no. of countries in region) | Percentage |
No. of reported measles cases† | Measles incidence per 1 million population†,§ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCV1* coverage | Countries with ≥90% MCV1 coverage | MCV2* coverage | Reporting countries with <5 measles cases per 1 million population | |||
|
African
| ||||||
| 2000 (46) |
53 |
9 |
5 |
8 |
520,102 |
836 |
| 2010 (46) |
73 |
37 |
4 |
30 |
199,174 |
232 |
| 2016 (47) |
69 |
34 |
23 |
51 |
36,269 |
37 |
| 2019 (47) |
69 |
32 |
33 |
34 |
618,595 |
567 |
|
Americas
| ||||||
| 2000 (35) |
93 |
63 |
65 |
89 |
1,754 |
2 |
| 2010 (35) |
93 |
74 |
67 |
100 |
247 |
0.3 |
| 2016 (35) |
92 |
66 |
80 |
100 |
97 |
0.1 |
| 2019 (35) |
88 |
71 |
75 |
91 |
19,244 |
28 |
|
Eastern Mediterranean
| ||||||
| 2000 (21) |
71 |
57 |
28 |
17 |
38,592 |
90 |
| 2010 (21) |
77 |
62 |
52 |
40 |
10,072 |
17 |
| 2016 (21) |
82 |
57 |
74 |
55 |
6,275 |
10 |
| 2019 (21) |
82 |
52 |
75 |
42 |
18,458 |
27 |
|
European
| ||||||
| 2000 (52) |
91 |
62 |
48 |
45 |
37,421 |
50 |
| 2010 (53) |
93 |
83 |
80 |
69 |
30,625 |
34 |
| 2016 (53) |
93 |
81 |
88 |
82 |
4,440 |
5 |
| 2019 (53) |
96 |
85 |
91 |
32 |
105,755 |
116 |
|
South-East Asia
| ||||||
| 2000 (10) |
63 |
30 |
3 |
0 |
78,558 |
51 |
| 2010 (11) |
83 |
45 |
15 |
36 |
54,228 |
30 |
| 2016 (11) |
89 |
64 |
75 |
27 |
27,530 |
14 |
| 2019 (11) |
94 |
73 |
83 |
30 |
29,239 |
15 |
|
Western Pacific
| ||||||
| 2000 (27) |
85 |
48 |
2 |
30 |
177,052 |
105 |
| 2010 (27) |
96 |
63 |
87 |
68 |
49,460 |
27 |
| 2016 (27) |
96 |
63 |
91 |
68 |
57,879 |
31 |
| 2019 (27) |
94 |
67 |
91 |
46 |
78,479 |
41 |
|
Totals
| ||||||
|
2000 (191)
|
72
|
45
|
18
|
38
|
853,479
|
145
|
|
2010 (193)
|
84
|
63
|
42
|
60
|
343,806
|
50
|
|
2016 (194)
|
85
|
61
|
67
|
70
|
132,490
|
18
|
| 2019 (194) | 85 | 63 | 71 | 46 | 869,770 | 120 |
Abbreviations: MCV1 = routine first dose of measles-containing vaccine; MCV2 = routine second dose of measles-containing vaccine.
* http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/data/en; data as of July 15, 2020.
† http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/globalsummary/timeseries/tsincidencemeasles.html; data as of July 15, 2020.
§ Population data from United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 2020. Any country not reporting data on measles cases for that year was removed from both the numerator and denominator in calculating incidence.