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.
Florida (FL) has 93,024 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 4.7% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 929 mentioned death, 7,975 involved hospitalization, and 16,377 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 22,610,000, Florida has approximately 411.4 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 55,506 | 848 | 8,165 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 7,068 | 16 | 294 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 5,239 | 43 | 355 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 3,494 | 7 | 149 |
| MMR | 3,492 | 10 | 192 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 3,104 | 14 | 185 |
| Hepatitis B | 3,080 | 47 | 278 |
| DTaP | 2,462 | 37 | 261 |
| Hib | 2,084 | 66 | 349 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 1,903 | 7 | 98 |
| Tdap | 1,796 | 0 | 72 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 1,629 | 20 | 171 |
| Polio (IPV) | 1,593 | 30 | 183 |
| HPV (Gardasil) | 1,555 | 0 | 119 |
| COVID-19 (Bivalent) | 1,545 | 26 | 130 |
| Hepatitis A | 1,469 | 3 | 103 |
| Unknown Vaccine | 1,408 | 10 | 132 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 1,028 | 1 | 74 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV7) | 955 | 27 | 155 |
| Flu (Seasonal) | 937 | 8 | 67 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.