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.
Virginia (VA) has 47,954 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 2.4% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 327 mentioned death, 2,394 involved hospitalization, and 10,239 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 8,643,000, Virginia has approximately 554.8 reports per 100,000 residents.
| Vaccine | Reports | Deaths | Hospitalizations |
|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 | 22,845 | 200 | 1,345 |
| Shingles (Zostavax) | 3,075 | 4 | 91 |
| Flu (Trivalent) | 2,981 | 12 | 178 |
| Chickenpox (Varivax) | 2,483 | 8 | 52 |
| MMR | 2,330 | 9 | 74 |
| Hepatitis B | 1,895 | 16 | 101 |
| DTaP | 1,609 | 18 | 105 |
| Pneumococcal (PPV23) | 1,580 | 1 | 98 |
| Flu (Quadrivalent) | 1,451 | 9 | 55 |
| Tdap | 1,396 | 0 | 43 |
| Hepatitis A | 1,341 | 2 | 36 |
| Hib | 1,337 | 32 | 143 |
| Polio (IPV) | 1,117 | 14 | 83 |
| COVID-19 (Bivalent) | 977 | 4 | 45 |
| Pneumococcal (PCV13) | 820 | 13 | 60 |
| HPV (Gardasil) | 800 | 3 | 45 |
| Meningococcal (MenACWY) | 791 | 0 | 26 |
| HPV (Gardasil 9) | 769 | 0 | 18 |
| Rotavirus (RotaTeq) | 691 | 16 | 55 |
| Polio (OPV) | 685 | 16 | 66 |
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.