Travis County Pertussis Probable and Confirmed Cases

10/1/2009 - 1/14/2011
All data in this report is current as of noon 1/14/2011

All data in which data entry is complete for the month was obtained from NEDSS, months in which data entry is
not complete was obtained manually. October and November monthly numbers are preliminary.
Data included in this report is for completed cases only, ongoing investigations are not included in the
numbers.

Case Counts
Confirmed 642
Probable 549

Median Age: 4 years

Age Range: < 1 month - 97 years

Probable and Confirmed cases

Gender Distribution Distribution of Common Symptoms

Male 546 45.8% Cough 1191 100.0%

Female 645 54.2% Paroxysmal Cough 1100 92.4%
Inspiratory Whoop 244 20.5%
Vaccination Status* Vomiting after paroxysm 517 43.4%

Vaccinated 947 79.5%

Not Vaccinated 68 5.7%
Unk Vaccination Hist 176 14.8%

Hospitalized

Hospitalized 41 3.4%
Not hospitalized 1150 96.6%
Unknown 0 0.0%

* Vaccination status indicates whether the individual states they have had at least one pertussis vaccination,
administered prior to onset of illness.
 Pertussis Probable and Confirmed Cases*
Travis County
Onset Date Distribution
6/5/2010 to 11/27/2010**

30

Confirmed
25 5
Probable
13
Number of Cases

20
8
4 6
15 4 2 5
5 4 3
7 1 6
2 2 5
6 22 4
10 4 9
5
3 4 15 14 14 15
13 12 13 14 12 12
5 11 11 10 11
8 1 9 8 9 9
6 5 6 5 3
4
0 1
6/5/2010
6/12/2010
6/19/2010
6/26/2010
7/3/2010
7/10/2010
7/17/2010
7/24/2010
7/31/2010
8/7/2010
8/14/2010
8/21/2010
8/28/2010
9/4/2010
9/11/2010
9/18/2010
9/25/2010
10/2/2010
10/9/2010
10/16/2010
10/23/2010
10/30/2010
11/6/2010
11/13/2010
11/20/2010
11/27/2010
Date

* Data only includes cases with a reported onset date

** Rolling 6 months of weekly onset values, there is a 6 week delay in data due to ongoing open investigations
and a lag in reporting.

Pertussis Probable and Confirmed Cases

Travis County
Age Distribution
10/1/2009 - 1/14/2011

350

Confirmed
300 Probable

250
Number of Cases

200 177
89 157
150
88
100
80
143
50 111 102 26 86 25
41 38 28
0
<1 1-3 4-8 9-12 13-17 18-45 >45
Age
 Pertussis Probable and Confirmed Cases
Travis County
Month of Report Distribution*

160

140 136
130 Confirmed
Probable
120 115
56
59 96 102
100
# of Cases

82 77
80 74
75 40 56 65 65
62
60 56
49 52
26 62
39
57 41 43
40 36 17 74 77 32
11 15
56
20 40 46
32 36 30
25 24 24 22 24
15 17
0
Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10 Feb-10 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10
Month

Note: Data above each bar is the total number of pertussis cases (confirmed + probable)
Monthly numbers are based on date of report
*Changes to monthly numbers occur as cases are closed during the first few weeks of the following month

Pertussis Probable and Confirmed Cases

Travis County
Age Distribution by Month of Report
2009-2010
45
<1
40 1-3
4-8
9-12
35
13-17
18-45
30 >45
# of Cases

25

20

15

10

0
Oct-09 Nov-09 Dec-09 Jan-10 Feb-10 Mar-10 Apr-10 May-10 Jun-10 Jul-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Oct-10 Nov-10 Dec-10

Month

Note: Monthly numbers are based on date of report

 Probable and Confirmed Pertussis Cases by Month
Travis County

160
2005
2006
140
2007
2008
120
2009
100 2010
# of Cases

80

60

40

20

0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Month

Note: Monthly numbers are based on date of report