Pertussis Cases by Year (1922-2018)

This table shows reported pertussis cases in the United States since 1922. The related trend charts can be found on the Surveillance and Reporting page.

table shows reported pertussis cases in the United States since 1922 Year No. Reported Pertussis Cases 1922 107,473 1923 164,191 1924 165,418 1925 152,003 1926 202,210 1927 181,411 1928 161,799 1929 197,371 1930 166,914 1931 172,559 1932 215,343 1933 179,135 1934 265,269 1935 180,518 1936 147,237 1937 214,652 1938 227,319 1939 103,188 1940 183,866 1941 222,202 1942 191,383 1943 191,890 1944 109,873 1945 133,792 1946 109,860 1947 156,517 1948 74,715 1949 69,479 1950 120,718 1951 68,687 1952 45,030 1953 37,129 1954 60,886 1955 62,786 1956 31,732 1957 28,295 1958 32,148 1959 40,005 1960 14,809 1961 11,468 1962 17,749 1963 17,135 1964 13,005 1965 6,799 1966 7,717 1967 9,718 1968 4,810 1969 3,285 1970 4,249 1971 3,036 1972 3,287 1973 1,759 1974 2,402 1975 1,738 1976 1,010 1977 2,177 1978 2,063 1979 1,623 1980 1,730 1981 1,248 1982 1,895 1983 2,463 1984 2,276 1985 3,589 1986 4,195 1987 2,823 1988 3,450 1989 4,157 1990 4,570 1991 2,719 1992 4,083 1993 6,586 1994 4,617 1995 5,137 1996 7,796 1997 6,564 1998 7,405 1999 7,298 2000 7,867 2001 7,580 2002 9,771 2003 11,647 2004 25,827 2005 25,616 2006 15,632 2007 10,454 2008 13,278 2009 16,858 2010 27,550 2011 18,719 2012 48,277 2013 28,639 2014 32,971 2015 20,762 2016 17,972 2017 18,975 2018 15,609

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