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CHLORHEXIDINE: Side Effect Reports by Year

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Year-by-year breakdown of FAERS adverse event reports for CHLORHEXIDINE. Total: 8,948 reports.

Year Reports Deaths Hospitalizations Death Rate
2001 2 0 0 N/A
2002 1 1 1 100.0%
2004 1 0 0 N/A
2005 4 0 0 N/A
2006 2 0 0 N/A
2007 1 0 0 N/A
2008 5 4 2 80.0%
2009 6 2 1 33.3%
2010 5 2 1 40.0%
2011 10 3 5 30.0%
2012 11 0 7 N/A
2013 15 0 5 N/A
2014 64 4 21 6.3%
2015 124 19 33 15.3%
2016 150 0 33 N/A
2017 150 11 43 7.3%
2018 145 6 45 4.1%
2019 101 2 21 2.0%
2020 267 24 78 9.0%
2021 105 1 19 1.0%
2022 104 0 26 N/A
2023 82 0 11 N/A
2024 103 4 35 3.9%
2025 48 0 7 N/A
Total 8,948 3,017 3,987 33.7%

FDA approval date: Approved Prior to Jan 1, 1982.

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