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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2016 Jun 16;15(9):1175–1183. doi: 10.1080/14740338.2016.1194823

Table 1.

Sample tables automatically generated for surveillance of adverse events following administration of influenza vaccines in VAERS.

(a) Total number of reports of inactivated and live influenza vaccines during the 2014-2015 and 2013-2104 influenza seasons as of 3/27/2015
ALL REPORTS Received Following 2014-15 Seasonal Influenza Vaccines Compared to 2013-14 Seasonal Influenza Vaccines
Initial domestic reports only, VAERS reports as of 03/27/2015a
Influenza vaccine received Total
reports
N
Seriousb
Fatal
N(%)
Seriousb
Non-Fatal
N(%)
Non-Serious
Reports
N(%)
Age in years
Median (Range)
Male
N(%)
Onset interval
in daysc
Median (Range)
Seasonal total (2014–2015) 8,497 37 (0.4) 435 (5.1) 8,025 (94.4) 51 (0,99) 2,494 (29.4) 0 (0,162)
Seasonal Inactivated 8,028 33 (0.4) 408 (5.1) 7,587 (94.5) 53 (0,99) 2.276 (28.4) 0 (0,162)
Seasonal Live, attenuated 469 4 (0.9) 27 (5.8) 438 (93.4) 10 (0.81) 218 (46.5) 1 (0,36)
Seasonal total (2013-2014) 8,570 29 (0.3) 477 (5 6) 8,064 (94.1) 48 (0,102) 2.555 (29.8) 0 (0,153)
Seasonal Inactivated 7.915 28 (0.4) 443 (5.6) 7,444 (94.0) 51 (0,102) 2,254 (28.5) 0 (0,153)
Seasonal Live, attenuated 655 1 (0.2) 34 (5.2) 620 (94.7) 11 (0,76) 301 (46.0) 0 (0,107)
(b) Reports of newly licensed influenza vaccines by severity and pre-specified conditions during the 2014-2015 influenza season
Reports of NEWLY LICENSED 2014-15 Influenza Vaccines by Severity and Pre-specified Outcomes
Initial domestic reports only, VAERS reports as of 03/27/2015a
Vaccines All reports N Seriousb Fatal
N(%)
Seriousb Non-Fatal
N(%)
GBS N(%) Anaphylaxis N(%)
IIV4 1,218 1 (0.6) 71 (5.8) 14 (1.1) 8 (0.7)
LAIV4 469 4 (0.9) 27 (5.8) 3 (0.6) 2 (0.4)
RIV3 15 1 (6.7)
ccIV3 222 1 (0.5) 8 (3.6) 4 (1.8) 1 (0.5)

IIV4: Quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine; LAIV4: quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine; ccIV3: Flucelvax; RIV3: FluBlok