CDC authors reviewed all 2,149 U.S. death reports to VAERS July 1997-Dec 2013 (68.4% in children; median age 0.5 years), using medical records, autopsy reports, and death certificates. SIDS was the most common cause among child reports (544 of 1,244 with documentation; 44%). Annual death reports generally decreased over the period; 79.4% of child death reports involved more than one vaccine on the same day. Conclusion: no concerning pattern; causes consistent with background U.S. mortality.
Most common causes of death among 1244 child reports with available death certificates/autopsy reports included sudden infant death syndrome (n = 544 [44%])… No concerning pattern was noted among death reports submitted to VAERS during 1997-2013. The main causes of death were consistent with the most common causes of death in the US population.
Abstract (Clin Infect Dis 61:980-7)
CDC authors reviewed all 2,149 U.S. death reports to VAERS July 1997-Dec 2013 (68.4% in children; median age 0.5 years), using medical records, autopsy reports, and death certificates. SIDS was the most common cause among child reports (544 of 1,244 with documentation; 44%). Annual death reports generally decreased over the period; 79.4% of child death reports involved more than one vaccine on the same day. Conclusion: no concerning pattern; causes consistent with background U.S. mortality. Written by U.S. government employees; public domain in the U.S. per the publisher's note. The '3 days' timing claim remains unverified in these sources.