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.
Rhode Island (RI) has 6,619 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.3% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 42 mentioned death, 352 involved hospitalization, and 1,339 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 1,093,000, Rhode Island has approximately 605.6 reports per 100,000 residents.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.