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.
American Samoa (AS) has 115 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.0% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 4 mentioned death, 14 involved hospitalization, and 22 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 44,000, American Samoa has approximately 261.4 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 89 | 1 | 12 |
| Unknown Vaccine | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| COVID-19 (Bivalent) | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Tdap | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| DTaP | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Polio (OPV) | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| DTaP+IPV | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Flu (Cell-Based Quad) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hepatitis B | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MMR | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rabies | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| DTP | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DTPHIB | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| FLUA4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hepatitis A | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hib | 1 | 1 | 1 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.