Whooping Cough or Pertussis

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Data are for the U.S.

Morbidity
  • Reported number of new whooping cough cases: 18,617 (2019)

Source: Health, United States, 2020-2021, table IDNotif [PDF – 9.8 MB]

Vaccination
  • Percent of children vaccinated by age 24 months with 4 or more doses of DTaP vaccination: 80.4% (data are for 2016 birth year from survey years 2017, 2018, and 2019)

Source: Health, United States, 2020-2021, table VaxCh [PDF – 9.8 MB](data are for 2016)

  • Percent of adolescents ages 13–17 years with 1 dose or more of Tdap vaccination: 90.2% (2019)

Source: Health, United States, 2019, Health, United States, 2020-2021, table VaxTn [PDF – 9.8 MB](data are for 2019)

  • Percent of adults age 18 and older with pertussis shot in the last 10 years (Tdap): 43.6 %

Source: AdultVaxView Interactive: Vaccination Coverage among Adults

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