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.
Oklahoma (OK) has 16,852 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.8% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 229 mentioned death, 1,358 involved hospitalization, and 3,109 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 3,959,000, Oklahoma has approximately 425.7 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 9,377 | 176 | 959 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 911 | 6 | 51 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 879 | 0 | 45 |
| MMR | 870 | 3 | 47 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 753 | 2 | 35 |
| DTaP | 661 | 15 | 38 |
| Hepatitis B | 627 | 12 | 50 |
| Hepatitis A | 626 | 3 | 39 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 623 | 1 | 17 |
| Hib | 619 | 28 | 79 |
| Tdap | 472 | 1 | 11 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 419 | 9 | 29 |
| Polio (IPV) | 410 | 13 | 28 |
| Polio (OPV) | 328 | 17 | 37 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 308 | 5 | 36 |
| DTP | 301 | 13 | 33 |
| COVID-19 (Bivalent) | 293 | 0 | 28 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV7) | 280 | 13 | 35 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 257 | 0 | 13 |
| HPV (Gardasil) | 250 | 1 | 10 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.