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.
Louisiana (LA) has 15,231 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.8% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 180 mentioned death, 1,051 involved hospitalization, and 3,335 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 4,657,000, Louisiana has approximately 327.1 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 7,392 | 100 | 490 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 1,027 | 6 | 45 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 933 | 18 | 90 |
| MMR | 880 | 7 | 70 |
| Hepatitis B | 770 | 10 | 61 |
| Hib | 769 | 26 | 118 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 766 | 2 | 37 |
| DTaP | 622 | 9 | 61 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 503 | 7 | 53 |
| Tdap | 480 | 0 | 20 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 398 | 3 | 31 |
| Polio (IPV) | 392 | 6 | 39 |
| Polio (OPV) | 379 | 15 | 67 |
| DTP | 378 | 13 | 75 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 370 | 2 | 17 |
| Hepatitis A | 348 | 3 | 18 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 336 | 10 | 39 |
| HPV (Gardasil) | 325 | 2 | 21 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV7) | 312 | 14 | 54 |
| Td | 272 | 1 | 13 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.