WHS3_43 Pertussis - number of reported cases
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South Korea KOR · A37
South Korea · Pertussis (whooping cough)
WHO GHO yearly series for South Korea, 1974–2025. Years without a value in the source stay empty: they are never filled with zero or interpolated.
Latest
5,500
latest available: 2025
Peak
48,454
in 2024
Coverage
1974–2025
48 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 | 5,500 |
| 2024 | 48,454 |
| 2023 | 292 |
| 2022 | 31 |
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2020 | 126 |
| 2019 | 499 |
| 2018 | 951 |
| 2017 | 110 |
| 2016 | 146 |
| 2015 | 205 |
| 2014 | 76 |
| 2013 | 36 |
| 2012 | 230 |
| 2011 | 97 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2009 | 42 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2006 | 17 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2001 | 9 |
| 2000 | 28 |
| 1999 | – |
| 1998 | 9 |
| 1997 | 13 |
| 1996 | 3 |
| 1995 | 3 |
| 1994 | 39 |
| 1993 | – |
| 1992 | – |
| 1991 | – |
| 1990 | 174 |
| 1989 | 168 |
| 1988 | 565 |
| 1987 | 808 |
| 1986 | 188 |
| 1985 | 479 |
| 1984 | 1,854 |
| 1983 | 443 |
| 1982 | 700 |
| 1981 | 1,622 |
| 1980 | 1,554 |
| 1979 | 789 |
| 1978 | 713 |
| 1977 | 3,162 |
| 1976 | 1,177 |
| 1975 | 1,182 |
| 1974 | 3,077 |
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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