We often hear about how there are about 5000 cases before the vaccine court claiming autism as a vaccine injury. What we don’t hear is that almost all of those cases were filed years ago.

Take a look at the data on the number of cases filed per year. Or, take a look at this graph I made of the data (click to enlarge):

Red shows autism cases filed. Black shows non-autism cases.

Not much needed in the way of discussion. Autism cases peaked in 2003, six years ago. Autism cases are now at about the same level or less than non-autism cases. It has been low and flat since about 2006.

I know I’ve done a lot of vaccine-oriented posts lately. This is a good indication that I need to spend time on other subjects.