Show Pertussis 1999 Total Cases of Pertussi Utah 58 Compiled by Janet Smith There is no apparent trend in disease incidence Pertussis commonly known as whooping cough in Utah Although graphically the fluctuations in primarily affects infants under the age of one Utah incidence are dramatic they are probably Public health programs and immunizations have due to the very small number of cases and the contributed to the significant drop in incidence year-to-year variability ofcommunicable rates since the 1950s Since 1982 rates for the disease such as pertussis In 1998 however United States and Utah have fluctuated Utah experienced an unusually large outbreak of annually For many years the Utah rate has pertussis affecting 297 people primarily among been above the national average which could unvaccinated populations though the trend is be explained in part by the greater proportion of not expected to continue children in Utahpopulation Table 58 Pertussis Incidence Rates Utah Year 1981 5 us 22 b2 05 UtahS Table 59 Utah Incidence of Pertussis by Age Not 20 519 1-4 Year Total r 1083 wB140 216 1984 Yrs 9410 Yrs yrs oBemindmne 1982 1983 039 08 14 1985 1986 60 44 28 212 1984 04 0 1987 48 Musotia siP eva 417 18 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 44 26 40 45 45 22 12 24 24 30 159 114801 1991 08 11 1993 45 30 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Tncidence 3 26 37181 19 268 16 20 86 207 70 85058 rates per 100 000 popuiation 0 11 26 15 23 18 1992 1993 24 26 501994 17 05 1995 293 1996 224 1997 27 141998 Tncidence rates per 100 000 poputation gg 1088 1989 1990 Stated 02 44 ol 1100 12 Reports Unpublished able Disease Communic Sources Utah 1880-1998 Utah Dept of Health Bureau of Epidemiology Annual Service Centers for Disease Control and Report US 1980-1998 S Department of Health and Human Services Public Healthgov mmur di stmds html Online www2 cdc inited States Notifiable Dises Prevention Utah Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology 1999 Personal conversation with Bureau of Epidemiology staff member Friday August 1999 Figure 25 Pertussis Incidence Rates Utah andS 1971-1998 110 101 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |