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.
North Carolina (NC) has 49,691 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 2.5% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 378 mentioned death, 2,831 involved hospitalization, and 10,425 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 10,698,000, North Carolina has approximately 464.5 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 24,217 | 231 | 1,535 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 4,014 | 5 | 124 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 3,088 | 25 | 156 |
| MMR | 2,630 | 3 | 131 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 2,281 | 4 | 77 |
| DTaP | 2,253 | 29 | 135 |
| Hepatitis B | 1,949 | 38 | 139 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 1,782 | 2 | 102 |
| Hib | 1,776 | 59 | 208 |
| Tdap | 1,692 | 0 | 48 |
| Polio (IPV) | 1,568 | 25 | 98 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 1,545 | 6 | 63 |
| Hepatitis A | 1,404 | 3 | 48 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 1,197 | 26 | 110 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 1,022 | 0 | 29 |
| COVID-19 (Bivalent) | 886 | 4 | 45 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV7) | 853 | 23 | 107 |
| HPV (Gardasil) | 807 | 4 | 49 |
| Polio (OPV) | 694 | 21 | 89 |
| Td | 694 | 0 | 25 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.