Pertussis - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2022

Surveillance report
Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2022 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 22 January 2024.
Cite:

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Pertussis. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2022. Stockholm: ECDC; 2024.

In 2022, 2 623 cases of pertussis were reported by 29 EU/EEA countries. Two countries (Germany and Poland) accounted for 60% of all reported cases. The notification rate in 2022 was 0.7 cases per 100 000 population, which slightly increased compared with 2021, after a major decrease in cases in 2019 and in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infants below the age of one year were the most affected age group, with the highest notification rate of 4.0 per 100 000 population, followed by rates in 1–4-year-olds (2.6 per 100 000 population). Individuals ≥ 15 years of age accounted for 70% of all cases reported.

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