Prevalence and Incidence of Rubella

About prevalence and incidence statistics: The term 'prevalence' of Rubella usually refers to the estimated population of people who are managing Rubella at any given time. The term 'incidence' of Rubella refers to the annual diagnosis rate, or the number of new cases of Rubella diagnosed each year. Hence, these two statistics types can differ: a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence, but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence. For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.

Incidence (annual) of Rubella: 364 cases annually (1998); incidence greatly reduced by MMR vaccination programs
Incidence Rate: approx 1 in 747,252 or 0.00% or 364 people in USA [about data]

Incidence statistics about Rubella: The following statistics relate to the incidence of Rubella:

267 annual cases notified in USA 1999 (MMWR 1999)
23 new cases of German measles annually in the US 2001 (Health, United States, 2003, NCHS, CDC)
0.09 per 100,000 in Canada 2000¹
1.3 new cases of rubella per 100,000 population was notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
255 new cases of rubella was notified in Australia 2002 (Yohannes K, Roche P, Blumer C et al. 2004, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)

Footnotes:
1. Notifiable Diseases Online, PPHB, Canada, 2000

Last revision: June 13, 2003

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