Important: VAERS reports alone cannot determine if a vaccine caused an adverse event. Reports may contain incomplete, inaccurate, or unverified information. Correlation does not equal causation.
Alaska (AK) has 6,443 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.3% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 65 mentioned death, 266 involved hospitalization, and 1,393 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 733,000, Alaska has approximately 879.0 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 2,842 | 43 | 111 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 555 | 0 | 14 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 537 | 3 | 18 |
| MMR | 461 | 0 | 26 |
| DTaP | 327 | 5 | 11 |
| Hib | 323 | 11 | 42 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 301 | 0 | 9 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 292 | 1 | 11 |
| Hepatitis B | 287 | 4 | 20 |
| Hepatitis A | 249 | 1 | 12 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 204 | 3 | 5 |
| Tdap | 182 | 1 | 3 |
| Polio (IPV) | 175 | 5 | 3 |
| Td | 156 | 0 | 2 |
| Polio (OPV) | 151 | 3 | 16 |
| DTP | 134 | 4 | 21 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 128 | 1 | 8 |
| DTaP+HepB+IPV | 122 | 1 | 10 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV7) | 121 | 4 | 9 |
| Anthrax | 110 | 0 | 6 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.