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Originally posted by sycamore
Is this information online? I'd like to see it.
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Yes it is.
The VAERS database can be searched
here , or you can follow the link there to download the database by year.
You can visit the CDC Faststats site to look up morbidity/mortality of the various 'vaccine preventable diseases'
here . For example you'll find;
Measles
(Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses)
Morbidity
Number of new measles (rubeola) cases: 116 (2001)
Number of new German measles (rubella) cases: 23 (2001)
Source/more data: Health, United States, 2003, table 52
Vaccination
Percent of children ages 19-35 months vaccinated against measles: 91 (2001)
Source/more data: Health, United States, 2003, table 71
Mortality
Number of deaths: 1 (2001)
Source/more data Deaths: Final Data for 2001
to answer Ladysycamores question. However, you can't just search for MMR related injuries on VAERS. Infants/newborns receive 4-5 vaccines at a time these days so it's really impossible to tell which one might have caused a reaction.
Personally, I don't think that MMR is
the cause of the autism epidemic, although I wouldn't completely rule it out as factor.