FAERS Reporting by Healthcare Providers and Consumers by Year

(As of November 2015) 
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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 FAERS by type of reporter. [Healthcare Professional (HCP) or consumer] from 2006 through the first quarter of 2015.

Figure 3. This figure illustrates the number of reports in FAERS by type of reporter. [Healthcare Professional (HCP) or consumer] from 2006 through the first quarter of 2015.

Year	Consumers	Physician	Pharmacist	Other Health	Total HP *
2006	126,918	113,115	21,470	49,653	184,238
2007	174,026	120,704	21,315	60,187	202,206
2008	226,277	153,646	27,026	88,242	268,914
2009	273,051	177,915	29,210	110,769	317,894
2010	403,850	229,391	36,447	161,195	427,033
2011	492,078	278,191	48,273	197,556	524,020
2012	560,722	351,400	54,317	227,170	632,887
2013	668,375	384,583	67,906	268,437	720,926
2014	823,813	396,411	78,634	295,462	770,507
2015(Q1)	304,072	133,493	29,783	93,944	257,270

* A single report can have more than one reporter.