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.
Gait disturbance appears in 18,932 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 245 reports also mentioned death and 4,043 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 22.6%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID-19, Flu (Trivalent), Shingles (Zostavax). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Gait disturbance has been reported 18,932 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 245 were associated with death (1.29%) and 4,043 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Gait disturbance is 22.6%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.