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.
District of Columbia (DC) has 5,332 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.3% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 40 mentioned death, 228 involved hospitalization, and 794 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 672,000, District of Columbia has approximately 793.5 reports per 100,000 residents.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.