AZ: 2012 Whooping cough cases

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Source: http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/loc...a4bcf887a.html

Whooping cough cases up in Maricopa County; child dies
Posted: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 2:01 pm | Updated: 3:04 pm, Tue Apr 24, 2012.

By Michelle Reese, Tribune

A Maricopa County child died recently from pertussis (whooping cough), the first recorded death from this disease in an infant since 2009...

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Re: AZ: 2012 Whooping cough cases- Child dies in Maricopa Co.

Source: http://tucsoncitizen.com/arizona-new...st-since-2009/

News from The Arizona Republic
Phoenix-area whooping-cough death 1st since 2009
by Michelle Ye Hee Lee on Apr. 25, 2012, under Arizona Republic News

A Maricopa County infant died of whooping cough this month, the first such death since 2009, the county Department of Public Health said.

The baby was too young to be immunized and likely contracted the illness from an adult, health officials said...

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Source: http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/19...h-in-5-decades

Worst year for whooping cough in 5 decades
Posted: Jul 23, 2012 8:52 PM EDT Updated: Jul 23, 2012 9:02 PM EDT
By Miriam Garcia, FOX 10 News

PHOENIX -

A whooping cough outbreak has hit Arizona. Doctors say we haven't had an outbreak this bad in more than 50 years...

..."We are at 600 cases statewide. To give you some perspective last year for the entire year we had 860 cases..."

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Source: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepu...sis-cases.html

Cases of pertussis soar in Maricopa County
by Michelle Ye Hee Lee - Oct. 7, 2012 09:28 PM
The Republic | azcentral.com

The number of confirmed cases of whooping cough in Maricopa County so far in 2012 is more than triple last year's tally for the same period...

...There were 282 confirmed cases of whooping cough as of Sept. 13, according to county public-health records. Of that number, about a third involved infants under 12 months old.

In comparison, there were 83 confirmed cases during that period in 2011, and 40 in 2010, according to county records...

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Source: http://azstarnet.com/news/science/he...6bf4ca109.html


Whooping cough still on the rise in Arizona
Up 67% from 2010; failure to vaccinate among causes cited
14 hours ago ? Stephanie Innes Arizona Daily Star

...Arizona's whooping cough rate of 13.5 cases per 100,000 people this year is higher than the national average of 11.6 per 100,000, but much lower than some states including Colorado, Washington and Vermont, which reported epidemic levels of whooping cough this year...

...An Arizona Daily Star investigation in May found that one in three Arizona schools last year had kindergarten classes with vaccination rates so low that children were vulnerable to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases. The investigation also showed that more mid- to high-income parents are choosing not to vaccinate their children...