Whooping Cough - Prevalence & Deaths in India

Whooping cough is a highly contagious bacterial infection of the lungs. It is also known as pertussis. Pertussis is known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it hard to breathe.

Pertussis most commonly affects infants and young children and can be fatal, especially in babies less than 1 year of age.

The number of cases and deaths due to whooping cough in India for the years 2014 and 2015 are presented in the table below:

Year	Male		Female		Total
	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
2014	17,132	1	13,600	0	30,732	1
2015	18,241	3	13,241	1	31,482	4

Whooping Cough : State-wise Number of Cases & Deaths in India, 2015
Andhra Pradesh	3	0
Arunachal Pradesh	13	0
Assam	5,540	0
Bihar	921	0
Chhattisgarh	698	0
Goa	4	0
Gujarat	1	0
Haryana	2,029	0
Himachal Pradesh	0	0
Jammu. Div	6	0
Kashmir.Div	2,031	0
Jharkhand	1741	0
Karnataka	756	0
Kerala	51	0
Madhya Pradesh	7,109	0
Meghalaya	243	0
Maharashtra	699	0
Manipur	3	0
Mizoram	21	0
Nagaland	0	0
Odisha	465	0
Punjab	0	0
Rajasthan	1,012	0
Sikkim	0	0
Tamil Nadu	0	0
Tripura	26	0
Telangana	116	0
Uttar Pradesh	6,085	0
Uttrakhand	66	0
West Bengal	1,632	4
A& N Island	24	0
Chandigarh	0	0
Delhi	8	0
D&N Haveli	179	0
Daman & Diu	0	0
Lakshadweep	0	0
Puduchery	0	0
Total	31,482	4

References:

1. National Health Profile 2016, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Gov’t of India.
2. Whooping Cough/Pertussis, National Health Portal
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