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.
Respiratory disorder appears in 2,175 VAERS reports across all vaccines. Of these, 346 reports also mentioned death and 845 involved hospitalization. The severity rate (deaths + hospitalizations as a percentage of reports) is 54.8%. The top vaccines associated with this symptom are COVID19, HIBV, HEP. Remember: VAERS reports show temporal association, not causation.
Respiratory disorder has been reported 2,175 times in VAERS from 1990 to 2026.
Of these reports, 346 were associated with death (15.91%) and 845 involved hospitalization.
The overall serious outcome rate (death or hospitalization) for reports mentioning Respiratory disorder is 54.8%.
This data comes from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), jointly managed by CDC and FDA.