Pertussis

These reports contain information on the epidemiology of pertussis (whooping cough) in New Zealand.

Pertussis is a notifiable disease in New Zealand and these reports use data available from EpiSurv, the national notifiable disease database.

Reports are produced on an "as needed" basis and cover varying periods (fortnightly, monthly, quarterly) as indicated in the report headings below. These are not currently being produced, the final report covers May 2019. Reports from the last five years are linked below, and any older reports can be found in the Archive.

A new pertussis dashboard is now available below.

Dashboard