WHS3_43 Pertussis - number of reported cases
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United Kingdom GBR · A37
United Kingdom · Pertussis (whooping cough)
WHO GHO yearly series for United Kingdom, 1974–2025. Years without a value in the source stay empty: they are never filled with zero or interpolated.
Latest
859
latest available: 2025
Peak
70,928
in 1982
Coverage
1974–2025
51 years with a value
Sources
1
WHO GHO
Series over time · Annual reported cases
- WHO GHO · Annual reported cases
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Data table (text alternative)
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 859 |
| 2024 | 26,277 |
| 2023 | 942 |
| 2022 | 79 |
| 2021 | 54 |
| 2020 | 1,226 |
| 2019 | 4,613 |
| 2018 | 3,423 |
| 2017 | 5,097 |
| 2016 | 7,085 |
| 2015 | 5,207 |
| 2014 | 4,046 |
| 2013 | 6,090 |
| 2012 | 11,980 |
| 2011 | 1,243 |
| 2010 | 518 |
| 2009 | 846 |
| 2008 | 1,028 |
| 2007 | 1,163 |
| 2006 | 478 |
| 2005 | 358 |
| 2004 | 169 |
| 2003 | 521 |
| 2002 | 1,054 |
| 2001 | 1,049 |
| 2000 | 866 |
| 1999 | – |
| 1998 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3,669 |
| 1996 | 2,724 |
| 1995 | 2,399 |
| 1994 | 4,837 |
| 1993 | 4,718 |
| 1992 | 2,750 |
| 1991 | 6,282 |
| 1990 | 16,605 |
| 1989 | 12,305 |
| 1988 | 5,473 |
| 1987 | 16,791 |
| 1986 | 39,939 |
| 1985 | 24,244 |
| 1984 | 6,419 |
| 1983 | 21,589 |
| 1982 | 70,928 |
| 1981 | 21,461 |
| 1980 | 22,924 |
| 1979 | 33,200 |
| 1978 | 70,509 |
| 1977 | 18,729 |
| 1976 | 4,392 |
| 1975 | 9,946 |
| 1974 | 18,264 |
Source ledger
- WHO GHO
How to read
Reported counts depend on diagnosis, case definitions and reporting practice, so they cannot be compared across countries or used to rank them. A value of 0 means zero reported cases; an empty year means the source has no value.
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