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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.

Polio (Inactivated) (Ipol)

IPV44,360 total reports
44,360
Total Reports
1,284
Deaths
4,179
Hospitalizations
16,795
ER Visits
648
Disabilities

About Polio (Inactivated) (Ipol)

Polio (Inactivated) (Ipol) has 44,360 reports in VAERS spanning from 1990 to 2026.

Of these reports, 1,284 mentioned death, 4,179 involved hospitalization, and 16,795 required emergency department visits.

This vaccine is manufactured by: Sanofi Pasteur, Connaught Ltd., Unknown Manufacturer, Pasteur Merieux Inst., Pfizer / Wyeth, Pasteur Merieux Connaught.

This vaccine accounts for 2.2% of all 1,983,260 reports in the VAERS database.

Reporting Rate

This vaccine averages 1,199 reports per year over 37 years of reporting (19902026).

Understanding These Numbers

Reports don't prove causation. They represent temporal associations where someone experienced an event after vaccination.
Background rates matter. Many conditions occur naturally and may coincidentally happen after vaccination.
Reporting varies by vaccine. Newer vaccines or those in the news may have higher reporting rates due to increased awareness.