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.
Puerto Rico (PR) has 8,323 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.4% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 127 mentioned death, 322 involved hospitalization, and 1,449 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 3,222,000, Puerto Rico has approximately 258.3 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 5,671 | 132 | 176 |
| Anthrax | 471 | 0 | 33 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 283 | 0 | 17 |
| Hepatitis B | 219 | 0 | 22 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 210 | 1 | 4 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 206 | 0 | 2 |
| COVID-19 (Bivalent) | 205 | 0 | 6 |
| Tdap | 188 | 0 | 8 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 187 | 0 | 8 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 187 | 0 | 11 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 185 | 1 | 11 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 162 | 0 | 7 |
| MMR | 155 | 0 | 11 |
| HPV (Gardasil 9) | 151 | 0 | 4 |
| Hepatitis A | 144 | 1 | 9 |
| Unknown Vaccine | 134 | 1 | 3 |
| FLU(H1N1) | 126 | 0 | 19 |
| Smallpox | 125 | 0 | 15 |
| Hib | 105 | 0 | 17 |
| MENB | 89 | 0 | 0 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.