Table 7. Rates of confirmed myocarditis following Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in the Republic of Korea, by age and sex (as of 31 January 2022).
Age group (years) | Pfizer-BioNTech (number of events per 1 million doses) |
Moderna (number of events per 1 million doses) |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st dose | 2nd dose | 1st dose | 2nd dose | |||||
Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | |
12–17
|
12.9 |
4.3 |
23.6 |
3.7 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
18–19 | 14.6 | 8.2 | 14.7 | 8.3 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 47.5 | 15.6 |
20–29 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 1.3 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 37.2 | 4.8 |
30–39 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 12.3 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 6.4 |
40–49 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 7.6 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
50–59 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 8.6 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
≥ 60 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Total | 4.8 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 8.4 | 11.5 | 3.5 |
Source: Data are reproduced with permission from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety meeting, unpublished presentation, January 2022.