Package 'vaersND'

Title: Non-Domestic Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) Data for 1990 - Present
Description: Non-Domestic VAERS data for VAERS data for 1990 - 4/2/2021. To install the Suggested 'vaers' package, please follow the instructions at '<https://gitlab.com/iembry/vaers>' to install the 'drat' repository. "The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a national early warning system to detect possible safety problems in U.S.-licensed vaccines. VAERS is co-managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)." For more information about the data, visit <https://vaers.hhs.gov/>. For information about vaccination$/immunization$ hazards, visit <https://www.questionuniverse.com/rethink.html#vaccine>, <https://www.ecoccs.com/healing.html#vaccines>, <https://www.questionuniverse.com/rethink_current_crisis.html#cov_vaccin>.
Authors: Irucka Embry [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Irucka Embry <[email protected]>
License: CC0 | file LICENSE
Version: 1.0.6
Built: 2026-09-30 21:24:45 UTC
Source: https://gitlab.com/iembry/vaersND

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Non-Domestic Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) data for 1990 - Present

Description

A table containing "a detailed description of the data provided in each field of the VAERSDATA.CSV file. The first two fields in this table are the only fields of the dataset not derived from the the VAERS-1 form."

Usage

vaersND_data

References

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) https://vaers.hhs.gov/ and https://vaers.hhs.gov/docs/VAERSDataUseGuide_November2020.pdf.


Non-Domestic Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) symptom data for 1990 - Present

Description

A table containing "the adverse event coded terms utilizing the MedDRA dictionary. Coders will search for specific terms in boxes 7 and 12 and code them to a searchable and consistent MedDRA term; note that terms are included in the .csv file in alphabetical order. There can be an unlimited amount of coded terms for a given event. Each row in the .csv will contain up to 5 MedDRA terms per VAERS ID; thus, there could be multiple rows per VAERS ID. For each of the VAERS_ID's listed in the VAERSDATA.CSV table, there is a matching record in this file, identified by VAERS_ID."

Usage

vaersND_symptoms

Format

A data.table data frame with 161307 rows and 11 variables

VAERS_ID

VAERS Identification Number

SYMPTOM1

Adverse Event MedDRA Term 1

SYMPTOMVERSION1

MedDRA dictionary version number 1

SYMPTOM2

Adverse Event MedDRA Term 2

SYMPTOMVERSION2

MedDRA dictionary version number 2

SYMPTOM3

Adverse Event MedDRA Term 3

SYMPTOMVERSION3

MedDRA dictionary version number 3

SYMPTOM4

Adverse Event MedDRA Term 4

SYMPTOMVERSION4

MedDRA dictionary version number 4

SYMPTOM5

Adverse Event MedDRA Term 5

SYMPTOMVERSION5

MedDRA dictionary version number 5

References

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) https://vaers.hhs.gov/ and https://vaers.hhs.gov/docs/VAERSDataUseGuide_November2020.pdf.


Non-Domestic Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) vaccine data for 1990 - Present

Description

A table containing "the remaining vaccine information (e.g., vaccine name, manufacturer, lot number, route, site, and number of previous doses administered), for each of the vaccines listed in Box 13 of the VAERS form. There is a matching record in this file with the VAERSDATA file identified by VAERS_ID."

Usage

vaersND_vax

Format

A data.table data frame with 144727 rows and 8 variables

VAERS_ID

VAERS Identification Number

VAX_TYPE

Administered Vaccine Type

VAX_MANU

Vaccine Manufacturer

VAX_LOT

Manufacturer's Vaccine Lot

VAX_DOSE_SERIES

Dose number in series

VAX_ROUTE

Vaccination Route

VAX_SITE

Vaccination Site

VAX_NAME

Vaccination Name

References

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) https://vaers.hhs.gov/ and https://vaers.hhs.gov/docs/VAERSDataUseGuide_November2020.pdf.