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. 2022 Sep 17;124:107–112. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.09.022

Table 1.

Proportion of protection against human monkeypox and smallpox in individual age groups born before 1981

Age group Fraction of total population Protection against human monkeypox Protection against smallpox
41-50 years 13.4% 62.4% - 58.3% 73.4% - 68.6%
51-60 years 13.9% 57.8% - 54.0% 68.1% - 63.6%
61-70 years 9.6% 53.6% - 50.1% 63.2% - 59.0%
71-80 years 7.4% 49.7% - 46.5% 58.6% - 54.7%
81-90 years 3.4% 46.1% - 43.1% 54.3% - 50.8%
91- ≥100 years 0.6% 42.8% - 40.0% 50.4% - 47.1%
Mean 50.4% 59.3%