---
license: apache-2.0
task_categories:
- text-classification
pretty_name: VAERS outcomes
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: id
    dtype: int64
  - name: text
    dtype: string
  - name: labels
    sequence: float64
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 16882747
    num_examples: 31093
  - name: test
    num_bytes: 3616160
    num_examples: 6663
  - name: val
    num_bytes: 3660956
    num_examples: 6662
  download_size: 9894349
  dataset_size: 24159863
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
  - split: test
    path: data/test-*
  - split: val
    path: data/val-*
---

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This data set contains VAERS `SYMPTOM_TEXT` records paired with a list of potential outcomes.


### Source Data

Data originates from [VAERS](https://vaers.hhs.gov).

### Encoding

The `label` column comprises a 7-length binary array that comprises the following values:

| Name | Meaning | VAERS originating field |
| ---- | --- | --- |
| `DIED` | Whether the patient died | `DIED` |
| `ER_VISIT` | Whether the patient has presented at an ER/ED | `ER_VISIT` and `ER_ED_VISIT` (depending on version) |
| `HOSPITAL` | True if the patient was admitted to hospital | `HOSPITAL` |
| `OFC_VISIT` | Whether the patient presented at a doctor's office | `OFC_VISIT` |
| `X_STAY` | True if the patient's existing hospital admission was prolonged in a manner attributed by the reporter to the report event | `X_STAY` |
| `DISABLE` | True if the patient continued, at the time of report, to experience a disability attributed by the reporter to the report event | `DISABLE` |
| `D_PRESENTED` | A derived field, `D_PRESENTED` is true if the patient presented at ER, a doctor's office or hospital. Automatically true if `X_STAY` is true. | None (derived field) |