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.
Georgia (GA) has 45,922 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 2.3% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 615 mentioned death, 2,782 involved hospitalization, and 9,578 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 10,912,000, Georgia has approximately 420.8 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 21,989 | 460 | 1,811 |
| MMR | 3,143 | 24 | 137 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 3,037 | 22 | 168 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 2,942 | 15 | 77 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 2,887 | 7 | 121 |
| DTaP | 2,366 | 26 | 155 |
| Hib | 1,922 | 61 | 216 |
| Hepatitis B | 1,874 | 38 | 98 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 1,591 | 8 | 81 |
| Polio (IPV) | 1,543 | 25 | 111 |
| Tdap | 1,527 | 4 | 49 |
| Hepatitis A | 1,343 | 10 | 53 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 1,215 | 6 | 50 |
| Polio (OPV) | 1,081 | 59 | 129 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 1,001 | 3 | 43 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 915 | 8 | 52 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV7) | 858 | 30 | 103 |
| DTP | 813 | 42 | 111 |
| HPV (Gardasil) | 710 | 3 | 37 |
| Td | 687 | 2 | 31 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.