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DEXAMETHASONE: Side Effect Reports by Year

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Year-by-year breakdown of FAERS adverse event reports for DEXAMETHASONE. Total: 125,272 reports.

Year Reports Deaths Hospitalizations Death Rate
2000 11 9 1 81.8%
2001 8 2 4 25.0%
2002 21 6 5 28.6%
2003 40 12 16 30.0%
2004 36 8 20 22.2%
2005 26 6 8 23.1%
2006 34 7 17 20.6%
2007 43 10 20 23.3%
2008 90 35 48 38.9%
2009 130 29 71 22.3%
2010 348 51 200 14.7%
2011 715 134 425 18.7%
2012 969 197 595 20.3%
2013 1,656 367 1,060 22.2%
2014 2,923 590 1,867 20.2%
2015 4,022 931 2,431 23.1%
2016 5,073 946 2,925 18.6%
2017 7,102 1,155 4,054 16.3%
2018 6,340 1,008 3,475 15.9%
2019 6,262 982 3,581 15.7%
2020 5,950 1,021 3,193 17.2%
2021 6,114 947 3,536 15.5%
2022 5,097 599 2,667 11.8%
2023 4,423 497 2,428 11.2%
2024 2,412 244 1,296 10.1%
2025 1,079 103 605 9.5%
Total 125,272 22,319 51,311 17.8%

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

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