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.
Otitis media appears in 2,694 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 40 reports also mentioned death and 548 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 21.8%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are Hib, MMR, Polio (OPV). Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Otitis media has been reported 2,694 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 40 were associated with death (1.48%) and 548 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Otitis media is 21.8%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.