The incidence of whooping cough by age in the context of the regions of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2014-2024

The article presents the age-specific incidence of pertussis in the regions of the Kyrgyz Republic for the period 2014-2024. Three epidemic outbreaks of pertussis were recorded during the years analyzed (2015-2016, 2018- 2019, and 2023-2024), with increasing outbreak intensity over time ((4,7^0/0000 - 3,2^0/0000, 9,6^0/0000 - 6,8^0/0000 and 27,4^0/0000 - 46,7^0/0000, respectively). While during the first two episodes the epidemic situation differed in different oblasts (in some oblasts there was no registration of the disease, while in others there was an upsurge), in recent years there has been a widespread sharp increase in infection, due to the progressive disease of children and involvement of adolescents and adults. It should be noted that in recent years the incidence of children is progressively increasing in the northern regions of the country, while in Osh and Batken oblasts it is decreasing. Bishkek city (413,5 per 100 000 population (^0/0000)) and Chui oblast (207,0^0/0000) had the highest cumulative incidence rates for 2014-2024. Talas (45,6^0/0000), Issyk-Kul (28,9^0/0000), and Naryn (19,4^0/0000) oblasts occupied the middle of the ranked list, while the southern regions had relative epidemic well-being (Osh city – 10,8^0/0000; Jalal-Abad – 7,7^0/0000; Batken – 2,1^0/0000; Osh oblast – 1,3^0/0000)