That is actually part of that link I posted. There was less whooping cough before immunisations were so widely used, and whooping cough incidences have been increasing over the past 20 years.
1980
Reported Cases - 124
Antigen Coverage - 33%
2009
Reported Cases - 29,545
Antigen Coverage - 92%
ETA: Just got DH the mathematician out of the dust to quell any population increase theories.
Percentage of the population:
1980: 0.00085%
2009: 0.139%






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