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Meningococcal meningitis in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Meningococcal meningitis has 2 WHO-tracked outbreak events in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland between 2000 and 2001.

Meningococcal meningitis · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland · 2 WHO events across 2 calendar years (2000–2001).

Event log

Year DON ID ICD-10 ICD-11
2001 DON0494, DON0508, DON0495 A390 1C1C
2000 DON0390, DON0388, DON0388 A390 1C1C

Position within the disease

  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is rank #12 of 36 for this disease.
  • The country sits in the WHO EUR region.
  • Last reported event: 2001 (25 years ago).

Regional peers (EUR)

6 countries in this region report this disease. Median event count: 1.

Country Events
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2
Spain 2
France 1
Denmark 1
Hungary 1
Norway 1

How this disease ranks among United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s threats

Meningococcal meningitis is rank #7 of 19 diseases reported by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the WHO. The full country profile is at the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Hub.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland health system snapshot

Indicator 2023
Population 67,000,000
Life expectancy 81.20 yr
Healthy life expectancy 70.10 yr
Hospital beds /1k 2.50
Physicians /1k 3.00
Healthcare spending % GDP 11.90%
DTP3 vaccination 95.00%
TB incidence /100k 8.00
HIV prevalence 0.20%

Outbreak Events

2

First Reported

2000

Latest Reported

2001

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland • EUR