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.
Alabama (AL) has 16,821 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.8% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 191 mentioned death, 1,021 involved hospitalization, and 3,307 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 5,074,000, Alabama has approximately 331.5 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 8,367 | 120 | 506 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 1,251 | 1 | 51 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 1,029 | 12 | 72 |
| MMR | 857 | 6 | 53 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 793 | 5 | 32 |
| Hepatitis B | 771 | 12 | 71 |
| DTaP | 722 | 13 | 75 |
| Hib | 665 | 25 | 110 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 587 | 4 | 40 |
| Tdap | 542 | 0 | 19 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 537 | 3 | 29 |
| Polio (IPV) | 497 | 8 | 52 |
| Hepatitis A | 390 | 4 | 20 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 366 | 11 | 30 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 350 | 0 | 14 |
| Polio (OPV) | 321 | 13 | 54 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV7) | 308 | 12 | 55 |
| HPV (Gardasil 9) | 259 | 1 | 11 |
| DTP | 257 | 8 | 47 |
| HPV (Gardasil) | 256 | 1 | 13 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.