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National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
 

Statistics Reports

Statistics Report 1
July 7, 2009

I. Petitions Filed

Fiscal Year Non-Autism Autism Total
FY 1988 24 0 24
FY 1989
 148 0 148
FY 1990 1,492 0 1,492
FY 1991 2,718 0 2,718
FY 1992 189 0 189
FY 1993 140 0 140
FY 1994 107 0 107
FY 1995 180 0 180
FY 1996
 84 0 84
FY 1997
 104 0 104
FY 1998
 120 0 120
FY 1999
 410 1 411
FY 2000
 162 1 163
FY 2001
 194 22 216
FY 2002
 186 771 957
FY 2003
 155 2,437 2,592
FY 2004
 127 1,087 1,214
FY 2005 147 588 735
FY 2006 155 170 325
FY 2007 242 168 410
FY 2008 163 253 416
FY 2009 193 96 289
Total  7,440 5,594 13,034

II. Adjudications 1

Fiscal Year Non-Autism Autism Total
Compensable Dismissed Sub-Total Compensable Dismissed Sub-Total
FY 1989 9 12 21 0 0 0 21
FY 1990
 99 33 132 0 0 0 132
FY 1991 142 447 589 0 0 0 589
FY 1992 166 487 653 0 0 0 653
FY 1993 125 588 713 0 0 0 713
FY 1994 162 446 608 0 0 0 608
FY 1995 160 575 735 0 0 0 735
FY 1996
162 408 570 0 0 0 570
FY 1997
189 197 386 0 0 0 386
FY 1998
144 181 325 0 0 0 325
FY 1999
98 139 237 0 0 0 237
FY 2000
124 104 228 0 0 0 228
FY 2001
 84 86 170 0 0 0 170
FY 2002
 106 99 205 0 5 5 210
FY 2003
 55 78 133 0 21 21 154
FY 2004
 62 121 183 0 115 115 298
FY 2005 60 71 131 0 52 52 183
FY 2006 69 81 150 0 110 110 260
FY 2007 83 88 171 0 32 32 203
FY 2008 145 81 226 0 56 56 282
FY 2009 89 25 114 0 48 48 162
Totals  2,333 4,347 6,680 0 439 439 7,119

III. Awards Paid 2

Fiscal
Year
Compensated 3
Dismissed
Total Outlays
Number of Awards
Petitioners' Award Amount
 Attorneys' Fees/Costs Payments
Number of Payments to Attorneys
Attorneys' Fees/Costs Payments
FY 1989 6 $1,317,654.78 $54,107.14     $1,371,761.92
FY 1990 88 $53,252,510.46 $1,379,005.79 4 $57,699.48 $54,689,215.73
FY 1991 114 $95,980,493.16 $2,364,758.51 30 $496,809.21 $98,842,060.88
FY 1992 130 $94,538,071.30 $2,945,890.40 120 $1,268,714.71 $98,752,676.41
FY 1993 162 $119,693,267.87 $3,262,453.06 272 $2,447,272.41 $125,402,993.34
FY 1994 158 $98,151,900.08 $3,571,179.67 335 $3,166,527.33 $104,889,607.08
FY 1995 169 $103,539,265.72 $3,609,341.66 223 $2,304,405.35 $109,453,012.73
FY 1996
163 $100,425,325.22 $3,096,231.96 216 $2,364,122.71 $105,885,679.89
FY 1997 179 $113,620,171.68 $3,898,284.77 144 $1,893,560.99 $119,412,017.44
FY 1998 165 $127,546,009.19 $3,957,278.55 121 $1,936,065.50 $133,439,353.24
FY 1999 95 $95,807,680.51 $2,769,910.85 118 $2,336,957.40 $100,914,548.76
FY 2000 136 $125,945,195.64 $4,112,369.02 82 $1,763,750.30 $131,821,314.96
FY 2001 97 $105,878,632.57 $3,385,865.88 57 $2,066,224.67 $111,330,723.12
FY 2002 81 $59,849,604.39 $2,653,598.89 38 $592,523.00 $63,095,726.28
FY 2003 65 $82,816,240.07 $3,147,755.12 69 $1,545,654.87 $87,509,650.06
FY 2004 57 $61,933,764.20 $2,939,328.55 70 $1,338,615.96 $66,211,708.71
FY 2005 64 $55,054,734.81 $2,694,664.03 71 $1,790,587.29 $59,539,986.13
FY 2006 69 $49,522,125.19 $2,487,640.23 54 $1,353,632.61 $53,363,398.03
FY 2007 82 $91,449,433.89 $4,026,782.78 63 $1,725,736.19 $97,201,952.86
FY 2008 145 $83,999,319.77 $5,355,243.51 75 $2,562,858.92 $91,917,422.20
FY 2009 97 $64,132,729.68 $3,856,753.94 26 $1,110,961.90 $69,100,445.52
Totals  2,322 $1,784,454,130.18 $65,568,444.31 2,188 $34,122,680.80 $1,884,145,255.29

1Generally, petitions/claims are not adjudicated in the same fiscal year as filed. On average, it takes 2-3 years to adjudicate a petition/claim after it is filed.
2"Compensated" are claims that have been paid as a result of a settlement between parties or a decision made by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Court). The # of awards is the number of petitioner awards paid, including the attorneys' fees/costs payments, if made during a fiscal year. However, petitioners' awards and attorneys' fees/costs are not necessarily paid in the same fiscal year as when the petitions/claims are determined compensable. "Dismissed" includes the the # of payments to attorneys and the total amount of payments for attorneys' fees/costs per fiscal year. The VICP will pay attorneys' fees/costs related to the claim, whether or not the petition/claim is awarded compensation by the Court, if certain minimal requirements are met. "Total Outlays" are the total amount of funds expended for compensation and attorneys' fees/costs from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund by fiscal year.
3As of February 2009, the 2,271 families and individuals compensated by the VICP over the past 20 years, 1,867 (82%) were awards on behalf of children.   Approximately 18% were on behalf of adults who received vaccines.  Because of the populations receiving vaccines added to the VICP in recent years, the proportion of adults to children seeking compensation has changed.  Since influenza vaccines (vaccines administered to large numbers of adults each year) were added to the VICP in 2005, many claims related to that vaccine have been filed.  Nearly 52% of program awards in 2007 and 2008 went to adult vaccine recipients.

 

 

Claims Filed and Compensated or Dismissed by Vaccine 1
May 1, 2009

Vaccines Listed in Claims as Reported by Petitioners

Vaccine(s) Filed Compensated  Dismissed 
Injury Death Total
DT (diphtheria-tetanus) 62 9 71 20 48
DTP
(diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis)
 3,282 695 3,977 1,263 2,675
DTP-HIB 16 8 24 3 19
DTaP
(diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis)
 266 68 334 88 104
DTaP-Hep B-IPV 28 11 39 6 5
DTaP-HIB 6 1 7 3 0
Td (tetanus-diphtheria) 137 2 139 54 53
Tdap 6 0 6 1 0
Tetanus 61 2 63 22 30
Hepatitis A (Hep A) 15 0 15 2 4
Hepatitis B (Hep B) 533 45 578 144 261
Hep A- Hep B 6 0 6 3 1
Hep B-HIB 6 0 6 2 2
HIB (Haemophilus influenzae type b) 19 3 22 6 5
HPV (human papillomarvirus) 8 1 9 0 0
Influenza (Trivalent) 274 19 293 88 26
IPV (Inactivated Polio) 260 14 274 7 265
OPV (Oral Polio) 279 27 306 157 146
Measles 142 19 161 54 107
Meningococcal 6 0 6 1 0
MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) 790 52 842 291 334
MMR-Varicella 11 1 12 2 1
MR 15 0 15 6 9
Mumps 10 0 10 1 9
Pertussis 5 3 8 2 6
Pneumococcal Conjugate 23 3 26 5 13
Rotavirus 33 1 34 20 11
Rubella 189 4 193 70 123
Varicella 42 3 45 24 13
Nonqualified2 65 9 76 0 72
Unspecified3 5,373 6 5,379 3 468
TOTAL 11,970 1,006 12,976 2,349 4,810

1The number of claims filed by vaccine as reported by petitioners in claims since the VICP began on October 1, 1988, which have been compensated or dismissed by the U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Court). Claims can be compensated by a settlement between parties or a decision by the Court.
2 Claims filed for vaccines which are not covered under the VICP.
3 Insufficient information submitted to make a determination. The majority of these claims are part of the Omnibus Autism Proceedings.

 

This information reflects the current thinking of the United States Department of Health and Human Services on the topics addressed. This information is not legal advice and does not create or confer any rights for or on any person and does not operate to bind the Department or the public. The ultimate decision about the scope of the statutes authorizing the VICP is within the authority of the United States Court of Federal Claims, which is responsible for resolving claims for compensation under the VICP.