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.
South Carolina (SC) has 21,110 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 1.1% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 176 mentioned death, 1,197 involved hospitalization, and 4,587 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 5,282,000, South Carolina has approximately 399.7 reports per 100,000 residents.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.