Whooping Cough or Pertussis

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Reported number of new whooping cough cases: 27,550 (2010)

Source: Health, United States, 2012, table 39 [PDF - 9.8 MB]

 

Vaccination

• Percent of children ages 19-35 months with 4 or more doses of DTP/DT/DTaP vaccination: 85% (2011)

Source: Health, United States, 2012, table 78 [PDF - 9.8 MB]

• Percent of adolescents 13-17 years of age with 1 dose or more of Tdap vaccination: 78.2% (2011)

Source: Health, United States, 2012, table 79 [PDF - 9.8 MB]

 

More data

• Pertussis hospitalizations in young children