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.
Death appears in 21,624 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 21,335 reports also mentioned death and 7,438 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 100.0%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID19, HPV4, HIBV. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
This page contains data about death reports in VAERS. This is sensitive information that requires careful interpretation.
A VAERS report of death does not mean a vaccine caused the death. Reports reflect events that occurred after vaccination. Many of these events may be coincidental, related to underlying conditions, or have other causes entirely.
The background mortality rate in the general population means that deaths will inevitably occur in the days and weeks following vaccination by coincidence alone, especially among elderly or medically fragile individuals.
If you or someone you know is affected by a vaccine adverse event, please contact a healthcare professional immediately.
Death has been reported 21,624 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 21,335 were associated with death (98.66%) and 7,438 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Death is 100.0%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.