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The free text in numbers
What people wrote in v-safe's free-text boxes, and what you can find by searching it.
Topics found in the free text
People found ahead of time in the free text and MedDRA codes. Choose one to see them. How these were found
The v-safe free text is public because ICAN fought for it.
The v-safe free text was obtained from the CDC through Freedom of Information Act litigation supported by Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN). Because of that work, 7,554,929 entries, written by people in their own words, are in public view today. Every search on this site stands on what ICAN won.
Explore ICAN's v-safe dashboards (opens in a new tab)Entries by monthly release
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| All ages | Under 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Release 1 | 390,000 | |
| Release 2 | 390,000 | |
| Release 3 | 390,000 | |
| Release 4 | 650,000 | |
| Release 5 | 650,000 | |
| Release 6 | 650,000 | |
| Release 7 | 780,000 | |
| Release 8 | 780,000 | |
| Release 9 | 780,000 | |
| Release 10 | 780,000 | |
| Release 11 | 780,000 | |
| Release 12 | 518,511 | 16,418 |
People by number of free-text entries they wrote
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| Entries | People |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,850,822 |
| 2 to 5 | 1,426,992 |
| 6 to 10 | 179,093 |
| 11 to 25 | 32,482 |
| 26 or more | 499 |
MedDRA coding of the free text
Serious events only. The CDC's coders turned each free-text entry into standard MedDRA medical terms, and this chart keeps the terms on the European Medicines Agency's Important Medical Events list (version 29.1), which marks the terms it treats as medically serious. These are the 30 most common, counted as people with an active code in the newest coding release (November 2024). A serious term doesn't show that the event was serious for that person, or that the vaccine caused it. Click a bar to search for people with that term.
Show the numbers: All fields
| Term | People |
|---|---|
| Pneumonia | 15,467 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 12,335 |
| Syncope | 9,987 |
| Nephrolithiasis | 8,932 |
| Diverticulitis | 6,196 |
| Lower respiratory tract infection | 6,145 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 5,470 |
| Thrombosis | 5,435 |
| Breast cancer | 5,412 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 4,996 |
| Loss of consciousness | 4,815 |
| Neuropathy peripheral | 4,624 |
| Abortion spontaneous | 4,126 |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 4,111 |
| Cardiac flutter | 3,907 |
| Arrhythmia | 3,776 |
| Myocardial infarction | 3,745 |
| Angina pectoris | 3,637 |
| Seizure | 2,904 |
| Neoplasm malignant | 2,839 |
| Bell's palsy | 2,802 |
| Kidney infection | 2,617 |
| Deafness | 2,597 |
| Pulmonary congestion | 2,517 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 2,433 |
| Haematochezia | 2,214 |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus | 2,050 |
| Colitis | 2,030 |
| Transient ischaemic attack | 2,026 |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 2,025 |
Show the numbers: Symptoms description
| Term | People |
|---|---|
| Pneumonia | 14,918 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 10,960 |
| Nephrolithiasis | 8,330 |
| Diverticulitis | 5,755 |
| Lower respiratory tract infection | 5,682 |
| Breast cancer | 5,279 |
| Thrombosis | 4,706 |
| Syncope | 3,912 |
| Cerebrovascular accident | 3,865 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 3,737 |
| Abortion spontaneous | 3,711 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 3,645 |
| Myocardial infarction | 3,584 |
| Neuropathy peripheral | 3,546 |
| Arrhythmia | 3,085 |
| Neoplasm malignant | 2,492 |
| Kidney infection | 2,442 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 2,330 |
| Cardiac flutter | 2,320 |
| Angina pectoris | 2,270 |
| Bell's palsy | 2,224 |
| Loss of consciousness | 2,132 |
| Deafness | 1,970 |
| Seizure | 1,962 |
| Pulmonary congestion | 1,925 |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 1,910 |
| Transient ischaemic attack | 1,906 |
| Hypothyroidism | 1,852 |
| Colitis | 1,829 |
| Appendicitis | 1,774 |
Show the numbers: Systemic reaction (other)
| Term | People |
|---|---|
| Syncope | 6,113 |
| Loss of consciousness | 2,661 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 2,035 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 1,688 |
| Cardiac flutter | 1,675 |
| Angina pectoris | 1,454 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 1,368 |
| Neuropathy peripheral | 1,248 |
| Mental impairment | 1,187 |
| Seizure | 1,032 |
| Haematochezia | 938 |
| Multiple sclerosis | 834 |
| Thrombosis | 753 |
| Arrhythmia | 748 |
| Systemic lupus erythematosus | 745 |
| Bell's palsy | 742 |
| Anaphylactic reaction | 707 |
| Hallucination | 706 |
| Deafness | 696 |
| Nephrolithiasis | 674 |
| Pulmonary congestion | 612 |
| Pneumonia | 534 |
| Diverticulitis | 490 |
| Lower respiratory tract infection | 473 |
| Abortion spontaneous | 472 |
| Crohn's disease | 419 |
| Deafness unilateral | 408 |
| Facial paralysis | 399 |
| Autoimmune disorder | 377 |
| Type 1 diabetes mellitus | 335 |