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.
Tennessee (TN) has 29,429 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 1.5% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 1,780 mentioned death, 2,158 involved hospitalization, and 5,952 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 7,051,000, Tennessee has approximately 417.4 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 15,322 | 1,673 | 1,540 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 1,899 | 10 | 105 |
| MMR | 1,817 | 5 | 113 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 1,761 | 5 | 69 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 1,385 | 3 | 49 |
| Hepatitis B | 1,352 | 28 | 108 |
| DTaP | 1,262 | 23 | 92 |
| Hib | 1,251 | 49 | 175 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 1,106 | 1 | 47 |
| Polio (IPV) | 887 | 18 | 64 |
| Hepatitis A | 881 | 2 | 34 |
| Tdap | 857 | 1 | 28 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 816 | 0 | 33 |
| Polio (OPV) | 711 | 37 | 103 |
| DTP | 663 | 25 | 89 |
| COVID-19 (Bivalent) | 618 | 29 | 11 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 562 | 13 | 59 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV7) | 504 | 17 | 79 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 490 | 2 | 21 |
| HPV (Gardasil) | 464 | 1 | 48 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.