Whooping Cough (Pertussis) Statistics
See the latest Australian whooping cough (pertussis) statistics, sourced from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS).
Whooping Cough Surveillance 2025
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This graph is updated when possible using data from the Aust Government Department of Health, National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS).
Note that numbers can vary as updates are made to surveillance information at different times.
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)
NOTE: State reports below are updated regularly with available data.
2025 Reporting
Update for 17 November 2025
There have been 23,093 notifications of pertussis reported to the NNDSS in the year to 17 November 2025.
Total notifications from each state and territory are as follows:
| ACT | 361 |
| NSW | 8,926 |
| NT | 107 |
| QLD | 3,631 |
| SA | 3,186 |
| TAS | 803 |
| VIC | 4,247 |
| WA | 1,832 |