Items corresponding to entire populations or subpopulations. Might be geographically or temporally temporally limited.

population

The data set contains the yearly number of reported confirmed (clinically, epidemiologically, or by laboratory) cases of measles from 1974 at country level. The data is coming from WHO, Global Health Observatory, they compile data as reported by national authorities and is yearly updated. The data is also visible on the website in chart, map and table format, the chart is also downloadable in PNG and SVG format.

non-collection specific

(Simple) Released

Comma-separated values: a delimited text file format for tabular data.

Country

Earth

English

CC BY 4.0

Our World in Data

World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory

Measles - Number of Reported Cases

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the site of reproduction of an organism of a different taxon.

host organism

Host

Homo sapiens

A disease is a disposition (i) to undergo pathological processes that (ii) exists in an organism because of one or more disorders in that organism.

disease

Disease

A disease whose physical basis is an infectious disorder

infectious disease

Infectious Disease

The type species of MORBILLIVIRUS and the cause of the highly infectious human disease MEASLES, which affects mostly children.

Measles morbillivirus

Measles virus

A count of individuals in a population who meet the criteria of some case definition during some time interval.

count of disease cases

Case Count

viral Infectious disease

Viruses Infection

A count of cases in a population that is the number of individuals who come to meet the criteria of some case definition during a proper part of a reference temporal interval.

incident case count

Incident Case Count

A count of disease cases that is the total number of individuals who come to meet the criteria of some case definition during a reference temporal interval.

cumulative case count

Cumulative Case Count

 A count of simulated or physical individuals in a population.

Population count

Population Count

A highly contagious viral infection caused by the measles virus. Symptoms appear 8-12 days after exposure and include a rash, cough, fever and muscle pains that can last 4-7 days. Measles vaccines are available to provide prophylaxis, usually combined with mumps and rubella vaccines (MMR).

measles

Measles

Vaccine preventable diseases are those infectious diseases that can be prevented by vaccination

vaccine-preventable Disease

Vaccine-Preventable Disease

Minute infectious agents whose genomes are composed of DNA or RNA, but not both. They are characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and the inability to replicate outside living host cells.

Viruses

An organism of a particular biological taxon that is the bearer of an infectious dispositions towards an organism of a different particular biological taxon.

pathogen

Pathogen

A data item that is an aggregate of other data items of the same type that have something in common. Averages and distributions can be determined for data sets.

data set

Topic

Digital Object Type

Geographic Resolution

Apache 2.0

Schema.org vocabulary for structured data on the web

Schema.org

A structured data markup specification for describing datasets in the life sciences, extending schema.org Dataset

Bioschemas Dataset Profile

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Terms - refined elements for precise resource description

DCMI Metadata Terms

W3C Data Catalog Vocabulary for describing data catalogs

Data Catalog Vocabulary

DataCite metadata schema for research data citation

DataCite Metadata Schema

W3C Provenance Ontology for describing provenance information

PROV Ontology

Provenance, Authoring and Versioning ontology for metadata about web resources

PAV Ontology

Custom MIDAS vocabulary for epidemiological data and modeling

MIDAS Metadata Vocabulary

OBO Foundry ontologies for life sciences and biomedical research

Open Biological and Biomedical Ontology

GeoNames Ontology

Health Level 7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources

HL7 FHIR

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms

SNOMED Clinical Terms

LOINC database for laboratory and clinical observations

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes

JSON Schema (Draft 2020-12) defining the structure of MIDAS Catalog JSON-LD metadata records

MIDAS Catalog JSON-LD Schema

Searchable collection of curated datasets and software resources for infectious disease modeling, filterable by disease, topic, location, and time period.

Identifier	URL: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/reported-cases-of-measles
Type	Data Set
Topics/About	Disease Infectious Disease Vaccine-Preventable Disease Measles Viruses Infection Measles Host Homo sapiens Pathogen Viruses Measles virus Population Count Case Count Cumulative Case Count Incident Case Count
Language	English
License	CC BY 4.0
Rights	https://ourworldindata.org/faqs
Accessible For Free	TRUE
Biological Scale	population
Geographical Scope	Earth
Geographical Resolution	Country
Start Date	1974/01/01
File Format	CSV
Version	unspecified
HTTP Status Code	200
HTTP Checked On	2026/09/27