Change in age distribution of COVID-19 deaths with the introduction of COVID-19 vaccination

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 204; no. Pt C; p. 112342
• Main Authors: Pastorino, Roberta, Pezzullo, Angelo Maria, Villani, Leonardo, Causio, Francesco Andrea, Axfors, Cathrine, Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Despina G., Boccia, Stefania, Ioannidis, John P.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.03.2022; Published by Elsevier Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; COVID-19; COVID-19 Vaccines; Death; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Middle Aged; Population data; SARS-CoV-2; Vaccination; Vaccine Efficacy; Young Adult; COVID-19; Death; Population data; Vaccination

Most countries initially deployed COVID-19 vaccines preferentially in elderly populations. We aimed to evaluate whether population-level vaccine effectiveness is heralded by an increase in the relative proportion of deaths among non-elderly populations that were less covered by vaccination programs....