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.
Kansas (KS) has 15,859 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.8% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 165 mentioned death, 914 involved hospitalization, and 3,115 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 2,937,000, Kansas has approximately 540.0 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 7,069 | 100 | 456 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 1,183 | 9 | 61 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 1,080 | 1 | 28 |
| MMR | 970 | 4 | 66 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 913 | 3 | 29 |
| Hib | 674 | 11 | 98 |
| DTaP | 660 | 3 | 53 |
| Tdap | 643 | 0 | 17 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 639 | 1 | 36 |
| Hepatitis B | 626 | 6 | 44 |
| Hepatitis A | 554 | 3 | 21 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 539 | 1 | 17 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 441 | 1 | 16 |
| Polio (IPV) | 387 | 3 | 28 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 364 | 2 | 34 |
| Polio (OPV) | 333 | 13 | 59 |
| COVID-19 (Bivalent) | 309 | 3 | 16 |
| DTP | 306 | 12 | 53 |
| HPV (Gardasil) | 297 | 6 | 21 |
| MMRV (ProQuad) | 290 | 0 | 9 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.