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About the National Data
Data
Baseline: 2,651 cases of pertussis occurred annually among children under 1 year during 2014-18
Target: 2,387 cases
Methodology
Methodology notes
Estimates represent the mean number of confirmed, probable and unknown cases (aged < 1 year). A case definition for confirmed and probable cases of pertussis is available from CDC. Estimates are a five-year moving average of confirmed, probable and unknown cases of pertussis reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS).