Following the introduction of measles vaccine in 1968 and the subsequent introduction of the MMR vaccine in 1988, the incidence of the disease has decreased dramatically. [...] Figure 11: Number of laboratory-confirmed cases of mumps in Scotland by year, 2000 to 2022 As shown in Figure 11, there were: seven cases reported in 2022 One reported case in 2021 864 cases reported in 2020 784 cases reported in 2019 281 cases reported in 2018 385 cases reported in 2017 In 2020, the majority of reported cases occurred in the first three months, as shown in Figure 13. [...] Methods to monitor the impact of the vaccine programme in community settings have also been established to obtain a more complete representation of the impact of the vaccine on the burden of disease. [...] Therefore the data presented may represent an underestimate of the true community circulation of mumps Relevance and key uses of the statistics Data are collected as part of mandatory public health surveillance providing data to monitor the epidemiology of mumps and inform public health planning and response. [...] Relevance and key uses of the statistics These data are essential for monitoring the epidemiology of pertussis and the uptake of the maternal pertussis vaccine in Scotland in order to inform public health planning and response.
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