In 2019, it was estimated that there were around 10 deaths due to whooping cough (pertussis) in the United States. This statistic shows the number of deaths caused by whooping cough in the U.S. from 1990 to 2019.

The number of cases of pertussis worldwide ********* significantly in 2024 compared to the previous few years but remained much lower compared to the number of reported cases in 1980. This statistic shows the number of cases of pertussis reported each year from 1980 to 2024 worldwide, by region.

In 2019, there were 5.67 new cases of pertussis per 100,000 population. This statistic shows the number of new cases of pertussis - also known as whooping cough - per 100,000 population in the U.S. from 1950 to 2019.

Project Tycho data include counts of infectious disease cases or deaths per time interval. A count is equivalent to a data point. Project Tycho level 1 data include data counts that have been standardized for a specific, published, analysis. Standardization of level 1 data included representing various types of data counts into a common format and excluding data counts that are not required for the intended analysis. In addition, external data such as population data may have been integrated with disease data to derive rates or for other applications. Version 1.0.0 of level 1 data includes counts at the state level for smallpox, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis A, and whooping cough and at the city level for diphtheria. The time period of data varies per disease somewhere between 1916 and 2011. This version includes cases as well as incidence rates per 100,000 population based on historical population estimates. These data have been used by investigators at the University of Pittsburgh to estimate the impact of vaccination programs in the United States, published in the New England Journal of Medicine: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms1215400. See this paper for additional methods and detail about the origin of level 1 version 1.0.0 data. Level 1 version 1.0.0 data is represented in a CSV file with 7 columns:

epi_week: a six digit number that represents the year and epidemiological week for which disease cases or deaths were reported (yyyyww) state: the two digit postal code state abbreviation that represents the state for which a count has been reported loc: the name of a state or city for which a count has been reported, capitalized loc_type: the type of location (STATE or CITY) for which a count has been reported disease: the disease for which a count has been reported: HEPATITIS A, MEASLES, MUMPS, PERTUSSIS, POLIO, RUBELLA, SMALLPOX, or DIPHTHERIA cases: the number of cases reported for the specified disease, epidemiological week, and location incidence_per_100000: the number of cases per 100,000 people, computed using historical population counts for cities and states as reported by the US Census Bureau

In 2023, there were around 27 cases of tetanus in the United States. The annual number of tetanus cases in the United States has decreased steadily over the past few decades, and in the years 2018 and 2019, there were no reported cases. The decrease in tetanus cases in the United States and worldwide is largely due to high rates of vaccination. What is tetanus? Tetanus is an infection caused by bacteria that live in the environment. Spores of tetanus bacteria are often found in soil and dust and enter the body through broken skin, such as puncture wounds. Tetanus cannot be spread from one person to another. One of the most common symptoms of tetanus is a tightening of the jaw muscles, leading tetanus to often be called "lockjaw". Other symptoms include muscle spasms, muscle stiffness, trouble swallowing, seizures, headache, and fever. Like in the United States, cases of tetanus have decreased since the year 1980 in every region around the world. In 2022, there were a total of 6,651 cases of tetanus worldwide. The highest number of cases was found in Africa; however, the year prior, the Eastern Mediterranean reported the most cases. Tetanus vaccination Vaccination is the best way to protect against tetanus, and most cases of tetanus in the United States are among people who have not been vaccinated. Multiple vaccinations protect against tetanus as well as other diseases, such as DTap, DT, Tdap, and Td. Tetanus vaccinations are safe and effective, and recommended for people of all ages, with children receiving multiple vaccinations and adults recommended to get vaccinated every 10 years. As of 2022, around 94 percent of one-year-olds in the United States had received the recommended three doses of the combined diphtheria, tetanus toxoid, and pertussis (DTP3) vaccine.