Metrics documentation

Last updated on Friday, 5 July 2024 at 02:01pm

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• COVID-19 daily new cases

  This metric shows the number of reported new cases for each day.

  • Category: cases
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_cases_casesByDay

• COVID-19 cases percentage change compared with previous 7 days

  This metric shows the percentage change in the number of reported new cases in the last 7 days, as a percentage of the number of reported new cases in the previous 7 days.

  • Category: headline
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_headline_cases_7DayPercentChange

• COVID-19 cases compared with previous 7 days

  This metric shows the difference in the number of reported new cases in the last 7 days compared to the previous 7 days.

  • Category: headline
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_headline_cases_7DayChange

• COVID-19 cases in the last 7 days

  This metric shows the count of reported new cases in the last 7 days.

  • Category: headline
  • Topic: COVID-19
  • API name: COVID-19_headline_cases_7DayTotals

• Transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) surveillance (confirmed infections)

  This metric shows laboratory-confirmed transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs) in blood donors and recipients. The data shows infections by year of transfusion and pathogen type since TTI surveillance started in 1995.

  • Category: cases
  • Topic: transfusion-safety
  • API name: transfusion-safety_cases_infectionsConfirmed

• Transfusion transmitted infections (TTI) surveillance (episodes investigated)

  This metric shows annual investigations of suspected transfusion transmitted infections (TTIs) in blood donors and recipients. The data shows investigated transfusion episodes by year of transfusion and pathogen type since TTI surveillance started in 1995.

  • Category: testing
  • Topic: safety
  • API name: safety_testing_investigated

• Lyme disease annual infection rates per 100,000 people

  This metric shows the annual rate of acute Lyme disease infections caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. This is the number of confirmed cases in laboratories in England per 100,000 population separated by age and sex.

  • Category: cases
  • Topic: lyme
  • API name: lyme_cases_infectionRateByYear

• Hepatitis B WHO target for the percentage of infants born to mothers with hepatitis B virus testing positive

  The WHO target is for less than 2% of children born to mothers living with hepatitis B to be hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive when tested at around 12 months of age.

  • Category: testing
  • Topic: Hepatitis-B
  • API name: hepatitis-b_testing_motherToChildTransmissionRateTargetWHO

• Hepatitis B percentage of infants born to mothers with hepatitis B virus testing positive

  The percentage of babies born to mothers with hepatitis B who test positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) at follow up, usually around 12 months of age.

  • Category: testing
  • Topic: Hepatitis-B
  • API name: hepatitis-b_testing_motherToChildTransmissionRate

• Hepatitis B WHO target for hepatitis B related deaths per 100,000 population per year

  A WHO target of fewer than 4 deaths per 100,000 population from hepatitis B related illness over a year.

  • Category: deaths
  • Topic: Hepatitis-B
  • API name: hepatitis-b_deaths_deathRatebyYearTargetWHO