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. 2022 Oct 6:10.1002/ejhf.2669. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2669

Table 2.

VAERS Reporting Rates of Myocarditis (per million doses administered) after mRNA vaccine, days 0–7

Vaccine Age (years) Males Females
Dose 1 Dose 2 Booster Dose 1 Dose 2 Booster
Pfizer 5–11 0.2 2.6 0 0.2 0.7 0
Pfizer 12–15 5.3 46.4 15.3 0.7 4.1 0
Pfizer 16–17 7.2 75.9 24.1 0 7.5 0
Either 18–24 4.2 38.9 9.9 0.6 4.0 0.6
Either 25–29 1.8 15.2 4.8 0.4 3.5 2.0
Either 30–39 1.9 7.5 1.8 0.6 0.9 0.6
Either 40–49 0.5 3.3 0.4 0.4 1.6 0.6
Either 50–64 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.1
Either ≥65 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.1 0.5 0.1

Either means either Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccine administered. Data as of 26 May 2022.

Bold numbers indicate rates that exceed calculated baseline rate in the population of 0.2–2.2 per million population.

Data presented at the Advisory Committee of the Immunization Practices Committee, June 2022.