WHS3_43 Pertussis - number of reported cases
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Australia AUS · A37
Australia · Pertussis (whooping cough)
WHO GHO yearly series for Australia, 1979–2025. Years without a value in the source stay empty: they are never filled with zero or interpolated.
Latest
25,277
latest available: 2025
Peak
57,167
in 2024
Coverage
1979–2025
46 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 | 25,277 |
| 2024 | 57,167 |
| 2023 | 2,442 |
| 2022 | 479 |
| 2021 | 550 |
| 2020 | 3,457 |
| 2019 | 12,021 |
| 2018 | 12,555 |
| 2017 | 12,114 |
| 2016 | 20,037 |
| 2015 | 22,508 |
| 2014 | 11,842 |
| 2013 | 12,319 |
| 2012 | 23,855 |
| 2011 | 38,040 |
| 2010 | 34,285 |
| 2009 | 29,545 |
| 2008 | 14,435 |
| 2007 | 5,379 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2005 | 11,277 |
| 2004 | 8,676 |
| 2003 | 4,968 |
| 2002 | 5,563 |
| 2001 | 9,538 |
| 2000 | 5,795 |
| 1999 | 4,403 |
| 1998 | 6,055 |
| 1997 | 10,242 |
| 1996 | 4,389 |
| 1995 | 4,099 |
| 1994 | 5,633 |
| 1993 | 3,990 |
| 1992 | 739 |
| 1991 | 337 |
| 1990 | 862 |
| 1989 | 614 |
| 1988 | 153 |
| 1987 | 291 |
| 1986 | 601 |
| 1985 | 587 |
| 1984 | 261 |
| 1983 | 332 |
| 1982 | 274 |
| 1981 | 170 |
| 1980 | 124 |
| 1979 | 174 |
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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