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1,716 cases of measles were reported in Italy between 1 January and 31 May 2018. 84% of cases are concentrated in five regions: Sicily, Lazio, Calabria, Campania and Lombardy. After peak April with 450 cases, there was a decline in May, with 397 people affected. In addition, according to data published in the newsletter of Morbillo & rubella of the Higher Institute of Health (ISS), this disease has killed four people in 2018, including a child of 10 months. This number is added to the four deaths recorded in 2017.
91.9% of those who became ill were not vaccinated
20 regions reported to the "National Integrated Measles and Immunization Surveillance System". rubella "cases of measles, while the Molise is the only one to have reported none. The incidence at the national level was 68 cases per million inhabitants, the highest value being recorded in Sicily with 436.7 cases. Calabria and Lazio follow. The average age of people affected by the disease was 25 years, but 20% (346) were reported in children under 5, including 107 children in the year. About 91.9% of those who became ill were not vaccinated, while 5% received only one dose. Nearly half of the cases (49%) developed at least one complication, while 59.2% of the cases were hospitalized. There were also health workers who remained infected with measles: 68 cases reported, of which more than half with complications
The number of rubella and measles in Italy from 2013
From the beginning In 2013, 12,200 cases of measles were reported in Italy, including 2,270 in 2013, 1,696 in 2014, 257 in 2015, 861 in 2016, 5,400 in 2017 and 1,716 in 2018. The rubella figures are however significantly lower: 225 since 2013. Among them, 65 in 2013, 26 in 2014, 26 in 2015, 30 in 2016, 67 in 2017 and 11 in 2018.
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