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. 2017 Jul 26;6(2):146–155. doi: 10.7774/cevr.2017.6.2.146

Table 3. Reporting rate of adverse events following immunization by vaccine type from 2011 to 2016.

Vaccine 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Doses Cases Cases/105 Doses Cases Cases/105 Doses Cases Cases/105 Doses Cases Cases/105 Doses Cases Cases/105 Doses Cases Cases/105
BCGa) 431,302 97 22.5 476,893 58 12.2 439,812 96 21.8 438,124 87 19.9 440,825 78 17.7 408,834 85 20.8
HepB 2,366,019 32 1.4 2,315,340 25 1.1 2,150,090 16 0.7 2,082,593 9 0.4 2,048,318 18 0.9 2,037,218 18 0.9
DTaP 2,180,958 35 1.6 1,710,615 33 1.9 1,351,397 16 1.2 1,088,516 15 1.4 965,307 13 1.4 903,397 2 0.2
DTaP-IPV 153,203 1 0.7 713,233 14 2.0 1,042,166 14 1.3 1,217,408 16 1.3 1,269,984 22 1.7 1,283,915 20 1.6
Td 569,289 9 1.6 403,525 7 1.7 273,826 5 1.8 223,599 8 3.6 177,509 1 0.6 159,054 1 0.6
Tdapb) - - - 245,965 3 1.2 327,518 3 0.9 389,929 4 1.0 419,133 6 1.4 461,821 9 2.0
IPV 1,767,536 25 1.4 1,258,618 22 1.8 877,222 6 0.7 620,536 4 0.6 519,227 6 1.2 452,041 0 0
Hibc) - - - - - - 1,924,190 18 0.9 1,800,824 17 0.9 1,761,388 23 1.3 1,714,675 20 1.2
PCVd) - - - - - - - - - 2,032,053 26 1.3 2,025,806 28 1.4 1,927,488 26 1.4
PPV23e) - - - - - - 2,630,856 132 5.0 1,035,658 47 4.5 725,280 37 5.1 477,562 35 7.3
MMR 992,929 14 1.4 1,019,252 12 1.2 1,054,071 13 1.2 1,052,987 10 1.0 930,737 21 2.3 942,710 28 3.0
Var 505,211 13 2.6 528,924 7 1.3 556,410 5 0.9 546,967 4 0.7 553,904 14 2.5 582,429 14 2.4
HepAf) - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,074,300 6 0.6 1,181,309 14 1.2
IJEV 1,874,654 22 1.2 2,04,04 23 1.2 2,120,176 15 0.7 1,738,627 28 1.6 1,530,334 16 1.1 1,623,809 32 2.0
LJEVg) - - - - - - - - - 266,999 1 0.4 310,155 0 0 274,396 2 0.7
HPVh) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 411,017 22 5.4
Influenza 8,458,902 40 0.5 9,271,184 31 0.3 9,622,884 38 0.4 10,298,776 44 0.4 11,426,015 55 0.5 12,576,100 65 0.5
KHF 199,467 0 0 169,360 0 0 134,560 0 0 118,636 0 0 115,693 0 0 97,558 1 1.0
ViCPS 185,016 2 1.1 158,406 0 0 91,354 0 0 71,483 0 0 67,060 0 0 82,218 1 1.2
Othersi) 101 1 990.1 7,552 0 0 8,486 0 0 10,319 0 0 10,481 0 0 30,850 0 0
Totalj) 24,172,131 238 1.0 25,402,831 209 0.8 27,827,134 345 1.2 26,202,527 289 1.1 26,556,511 271 1.0 27,628,401 318 1.2

Values are presented as numbers.

BCG, bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine; HepB, hepatitis B vaccine; DTaP and Tdap, diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine; IPV, inactivated polio vaccine; Td, tetanus diphtheria vaccine; Hib, haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine; PCV, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; PPV23, 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine; MMR, measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine; Var, varicella vaccine; HepA, hepatitis A vaccine; IJEV, inactivated Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine; LJEV, live attenuated Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine; HPV, human papillomavirus vaccine; KHF, Korean hemorrhagic fever vaccine; ViCPS, Vi capsular polysaccharide vaccine for typhoid fever.

a)Includes both intradermal and subcutaneous administration.

b)Introduced to National Immunization Program (NIP) in 2012.

c)Introduced to NIP in 2013.

d)Introduced to NIP in 2014.

e)Introduced to NIP in 2013.

f)Introduced to NIP in 2015.

g)Introduced to NIP in 2014.

h)Introduced to NIP in 2016.

i)Includes non-NIP vaccines such as rotavirus, zoster, and meningococcal vaccine.

j)The total number of reported adverse events each year is different with the sum of reported adverse events for each vaccine due to simultaneous administration of multiple vaccines.