Measles, Mumps, and Rubella - Centers for Disease Control and ...

2 MMWR May 22, 1998initiative were extended to include reducing the number of reported mumps cases to≤1600 by 1996. U.S. Public Health Service year 2000 objectives include eliminatingmeasles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome, and reducing mumps incidence to99%. During the late 1960s and early1970s, the number of reported cases decreased to approximately 22,000–75,000 casesper year. Although measles incidence decreased substantially in all age groups, the