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.
#461 most reported symptom for this vaccine
Sudden infant death syndrome has been reported 54 times in association with Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR II) vaccination in VAERS. This represents 0.1% of all 89,976 reports for this vaccine.
Among these reports, 53 mentioned death (98.15%) and 2 involved hospitalization (3.7%).
Sudden infant death syndrome is the #461 most frequently reported symptom for Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR II) out of 2292 total symptoms.
Disclaimer: VAERS reports describe events that occurred after vaccination but do not establish that the vaccine caused the event. Many reported symptoms may be coincidental or related to underlying conditions.
Seeing 54 reports of Sudden infant death syndrome after Measles, Mumps & Rubella (MMR II) vaccination may seem alarming, but context is critical.
The 98.15% mortality rate among these reports is elevated, but this reflects the severity of the condition itself rather than vaccine causation.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.