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Table: Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Laboratory Reports in England and Wales by REGION and AGE GROUP, 2008 - 2011 (confirmed by culture, PCR and/or serology)

Cases of laboratory confirmed pertussis in England and Wales by region and Age Group 2008 - 2011>

Region	Age Group	2008	2009	2010	2011
E MIDS	<3 months	8	6	2	12
	3-5 months	1	3	1	3
	6-11 months	0	0	0	1
	1-4 years	3	0	1	2
	5-9 years	0	2	1	5
	10-14 years	17	4	1	16
	15+ years	37	41	25	83
	NK	0	0	0	0
	Total	66	56	31	122
	EAST OF ENGLAND	<3 months	13	3	3	14
		3-5 months	2	4	0	1
6-11 months		1	0	0	0
1-4 years		1	5	0	1
5-9 years		3	2	2	1
10-14 years		14	8	1	9
15+ years		39	35	20	74
NK		0	0	0	0
Total		73	57	26	100
LONDON		<3 months	21	20	10	18
		3-5 months	4	3	1	4
	6-11 months	0	0	0	0
	1-4 years	6	3	3	4
	5-9 years	4	2	1	2
	10-14 years	15	8	8	4
	15+ years	56	53	32	55
	NK	0	0	0	0
	Total	106	89	55	87
	N EAST	<3 months	13	1	3	11
		3-5 months	4	0	1	2
6-11 months		2	0	1	2
1-4 years		3	2	1	0
5-9 years		1	1	1	3
10-14 years		5	5	6	8
15+ years		20	13	29	43
NK		0	1	0	0
Total		48	23	42	69
N WEST		<3 months	27	27	9	27
		3-5 months	3	4	1	5
	6-11 months	1	1	1	1
	1-4 years	2	8	1	2
	5-9 years	1	5	5	2
	10-14 years	13	12	4	6
	15+ years	43	35	44	64
	NK	0	0	0	0
	Total	90	92	65	107
	S EAST	<3 months	17	14	8	24
		3-5 months	8	4	1	5
6-11 months		2	0	0	2
1-4 years		5	5	2	2
5-9 years		4	5	1	1
10-14 years		33	16	6	22
15+ years		112	107	43	125
NK		0	1	0	1
Total		181	152	61	182
S WEST		<3 months	15	5	4	14
		3-5 months	2	1	3	2
	6-11 months	1	0	0	1
	1-4 years	3	1	2	1
	5-9 years	5	4	2	1
	10-14 years	26	22	9	25
	15+ years	112	88	45	119
	NK	0	0	0	0
	Total	164	121	65	163
	W MIDS	<3 months	39	12	5	23
		3-5 months	6	2	0	1
6-11 months		0	2	1	0
1-4 years		3	1	1	1
5-9 years		2	0	0	2
10-14 years		7	3	1	1
15+ years		32	30	12	37
NK		0	0	0	0
Total		89	50	20	65
WALES		<3 months	8	8	2	23
		3-5 months	4	1	0	3
	6-11 months	0	1	0	1
	1-4 years	1	0	0	2
	5-9 years	2	0	0	2
	10-14 years	1	5	2	3
	15+ years	10	11	9	35
	NK	0	0	0	0
	Total	26	26	13	69
	YORK&HUM	<3 months	17	12	13	22
		3-5 months	4	3	0	7
6-11 months		1	0	0	0
1-4 years		0	3	0	1
5-9 years		1	3	2	1
10-14 years		4	6	7	7
15+ years		32	26	23	38
NK		0	0	0	0
Total		59	53	45	76
England and Wales total		<3 months	178	108	59	188
		3-5 months	38	25	8	33
	6-11 months	8	4	3	8
	1-4 years	27	28	11	16
	5-9 years	23	24	15	20
	10-14 years	135	89	45	101
	15+ years	493	439	282	673
	NK		2	0	1
	Total	902	719	423	1040

2010 AND 2011 *Provisional data

Last reviewed: 4 January 2012