Whooping Cough or Pertussis

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Reported number of new whooping cough cases: 16,858 (2009)

Source: Health, United States, 2011, table 44 [PDF - 9.8 MB]

 

Vaccination

• Percent of children ages 19-35 months with 4 or more doses of DTP/DT/DTaP vaccination: 84% (2009)

Source: Health, United States, 2011, table 85 [PDF - 9.8 MB]

• Percent of adolescents 13-17 years of age with 1 dose or more of Tdap vaccination: 55.6% (2009)

Source: Health, United States, 2011, table 87 [PDF - 9.8 MB]

 

More data

• Pertussis hospitalizations in young children