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. 2022 Jun 3;40(32):4394–4402. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.05.075

Table 2.

Absolute rate of outcome events within 21 days of COVID-19 vaccination by vaccine type.

BNT162b2 CoronaVac ChAdOx1
Thrombocytopenia
No. of events 130 64 12
Event rate per 1 million doses administered 8.45 3.76 4.37
Event rate per 1 million vaccinated persons 14.88 6.83 6.10
Venous thromboembolism
No. of events 166 122 18
Event rate per 1 million doses administered 10.79 7.16 6.56
Event rate per 1 million vaccinated persons 19.00 13.02 9.14
Myocardial infarction
No. of events 796 644 55
Event rate per 1 million doses administered 51.73 37.82 20.04
Event rate per 1 million vaccinated persons 91.12 68.73 27.94
Myocarditis/pericarditis
No. of events 14 9 2
Event rate per 1 million doses administered 0.91 0.53 0.73
Event rate per 1 million vaccinated persons 1.60 0.96 1.02
Arrhythmia
No. of events 834 485 53
Event rate per 1 million doses administered 54.20 28.48 19.31
Event rate per 1 million vaccinated persons 95.47 51.76 26.92
Stroke, ischaemic
No. of events 1006 768 64
Event rate per 1 million doses administered 65.38 45.10 23.32
Event rate per 1 million vaccinated persons 115.16 81.96 32.51
Stroke, haemorrhagic
No. of events 199 186 14
Event rate per 1 million doses administered 12.93 10.92 5.10
Event rate per 1 million vaccinated persons 22.78 19.85 7.11
Bell's Palsy
No. of events 27 21 5
Event rate per 1 million doses administered 1.75 1.23 1.82
Event rate per 1 million vaccinated persons 3.09 2.24 2.54
Convulsion/seizure
No. of events 227 153 21
Event rate per 1 million doses administered 14.75 8.98 7.65
Event rate per 1 million vaccinated persons 25.99 16.33 10.67

Denominator is total vaccine doses administered and total individuals vaccinated up to 31 August 2021.