AERS Reporting by Healthcare Providers and Consumers by Year

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AERS Reporting by Healthcare Providers and Consumers by Year
as of September 30, 2008

These data describe information about the reporter – the person who submitted the report to FDA, or the person who submitted the report to the manufacturer (who then sent the report to FDA). Physicians and pharmacists are the healthcare providers (HCP) who submit reports to FDA most frequently. Other Healthcare Providers include nurses, dentists and others. Consumer refers to any reporter who is not documented in the report as a healthcare provider. This figure includes only data where reporter information is known, and some adverse event reports may contain more than one reporter.

This figure illustrates the number of reports in AERS by type of reporter (Healthcare Professional [HCP] or consumer) since the year 1999. Year 2008 includes data through September.

Number of reports in AERS by type of reporter [Healthcare Professional (HCP) or consumer] since the year 1999. Corresponding data appear in the accompanying table.

This table represents the number of reports in AERS by type of reporter since the year 1999. Year 2008 includes data through September.

Year	Healthcare Provider: Physician	Healthcare Provider: Pharmacist	Other Healthcare Provider	Total Healthcare Provider	Consumer
1999	59,535	21,878	21,475	102,888	50,096
2000	59,090	18,794	20,191	98,075	46,249
2001	66,001	19,050	23,685	108,736	39,517
2002	67,967	17,184	27,944	113,095	30,282
2003	79,793	19,410	39,392	138,595	48,352
2004	92,737	20,329	46,056	159,122	74,644
2005	106,362	21,540	43,820	171,722	105,308
2006	113,444	21,512	49,827	184,783	127,475
2007	121,000	21,343	60,343	202,686	174,216
2008 Q1-Q3	113,484	20,158	65,850	199,492	162,916

Date created: June 6, 2008; updated January 15, 2009