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. 2023 Jun 24;14(2):1–11. doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2023.14.2.1046

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)
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from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety meeting, unpublished presentation, January 2022.