Table 1. Characteristics of the individual case safety reports following vaccination among adolescents (12–17 years) retrieved from World Health Organization VigiBase.
| Characteristics | COVID-19 vaccination | All other vaccinationa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No. of reports | 80,018 | 19,717 | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 37,706 (47.1) | 8,606 (43.7) | |
| Female | 42,312 (52.9) | 11,111 (56.3) | |
| Region | |||
| African | 2,319 (2.9) | 1,551 (7.8) | |
| Americas | 45,023 (56.3) | 11,330 (57.5) | |
| South-East Asia | 706 (0.9) | 40 (0.2) | |
| Europe | 19,544 (24.4) | 4,706 (23.9) | |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 1,398 (1.8) | 27 (0.1) | |
| Western Pacific | 11,028 (13.8) | 2,063 (10.5) | |
| Type of report | |||
| Spontaneous | 77,482 (96.8) | 19,447 (98.6) | |
| Report from study | 1,202 (1.5) | 184 (0.9) | |
| Others | 1,334 (1.7) | 85 (0.5) | |
| Notifier | |||
| Physician | 9,571 (11.9) | 2,459 (12.5) | |
| Pharmacist | 3,248 (4.1) | 569 (2.9) | |
| Other health professional | 10,044 (12.6) | 3,109 (15.8) | |
| Others | 57,155 (71.4) | 13,580 (68.8) | |
| Type of vaccine | |||
| mRNA | 76,200 (95.2) | - | |
| Viral vector | 2,315 (2.9) | - | |
| Inactivated | 883 (1.1) | - | |
| Subunit | 250 (0.3) | - | |
| Unknown | 370 (0.5) | 0 (0) | |
| Viral | - | 11,541 (58.5) | |
| Bacterial | - | 7,613 (38.6) | |
| Vira-bacterial combined | - | 554 (2.8) | |
| Other | - | 9 (0.1) | |
Values are presented as number (%).
COVID-19 = coronavirus infectious disease 2019.
aAll other vaccines include papillomavirus vaccine (5,825), meningococcal vaccine (5,321), influenza vaccine (2,401), pertussis vaccine (1,627), hepatitis vaccine (1,052), measles vaccine (1,020), bacterial and viral vaccines, combined (554), varicella zoster vaccine (451), tetanus vaccine (381), poliomyelitis vaccine (381), yellow fever vaccine (185), pneumococcal vaccine (175), encephalitis vaccines (91), other viral vaccines (79), rabies vaccine (49), cholera vaccine (36), haemophilus influenza B vaccine (36), typhoid vaccine (24), tuberculosis vaccine (10), rubella vaccine (6), diphtheria vaccine (4), anthrax vaccine (2), rotavirus diarrhea vaccine (1), and other vaccines (6).