Whooping Cough or Pertussis
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Reported number of new whooping cough cases: 18,975 (2017)
Source: Health, United States, 2018, table 10 pdf icon[PDF – 9.8 MB]
Vaccination
- Percent of children aged 19-35 months with 4 or more doses of DTP/DT/DTaP vaccination: 83.2% (2017)
- Percent of adolescents aged 13-17 years with 1 dose or more of Tdap vaccination: 88.7% (2017)
Source: Health, United States, 2018, table 31 pdf icon[PDF 9.8 MB] and table 32 pdf icon[PDF 9.8 MB]
Page last reviewed: October 7, 2015
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics