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.
General physical health deterioration appears in 2,467 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 1,535 reports also mentioned death and 1,590 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 100.0%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID19, COVID19-2, FLU3. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
General physical health deterioration has been reported 2,467 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 1,535 were associated with death (62.22%) and 1,590 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning General physical health deterioration is 100.0%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.