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.
West Virginia (WV) has 8,850 adverse event reports in VAERS, representing 0.4% of all reports nationwide.
Of these, 131 mentioned death, 819 involved hospitalization, and 2,109 required emergency department visits.
With an estimated population of 1,770,000, West Virginia has approximately 500.0 reports per 100,000 residents.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.