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. 2022 Oct 14;400(10360):1305–1320. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01656-7

Table 2.

Combined sample characteristics and rates of severe COVID-19 outcomes for individuals who received a booster dose, across England (N=9·7 million), Northern Ireland (N=24 000), Scotland (N=2·7 million), and Wales (N=1·4 million)

Both vaccines
mRNA-1273
BNT162b2
Total vaccination n (%) Severe COVID-19 outcome (n, rate per 1000 person-years) Total vaccination n (%) Severe COVID-19 outcome (n, rate per 1000 person-years) Total vaccination n (%) Severe COVID-19 outcome (n, rate per 1000 person-years)
Sex
Male 6 529 700 (47·2%) 12 650 (7·9) 1 719 700 (50·6%) 1110 (2·8) 4 810 000 (46·1%) 11 540 (9·6)
Female 7 306 690 (52·8%) 13 450 (7·3) 1 676 870 (49·4%) 1250 (3·2) 5 629 820 (53·9%) 12 200 (8·4)
Age
18–49 years 5 652 310 (40·9%) 4410 (3·5) 1 792 720 (52·8%) 750 (2·0) 3 859 580 (37·0%) 3650 (4·2)
50–54 years 1 353 300 (9·8%) 1210 (3·6) 408 140 (12·0%) 180 (1·8) 945 160 (9·1%) 1030 (4·3)
55–59 years 1 423 540 (10·3%) 1410 (3·9) 419 250 (12·3%) 200 (2·0) 1 004 290 (9·6%) 1210 (4·7)
60–64 years 1 277 210 (9·2%) 1570 (4·6) 340 090 (10·0%) 210 (2·4) 937 120 (9·0%) 1370 (5·4)
65–69 years 1 107 600 (8·0%) 1860 (6·1) 199 730 (5·9%) 220 (4·0) 907 870 (8·7%) 1640 (6·5)
70–74 years 1 110 210 (8·0%) 2610 (8·4) 114 140 (3·4%) 190 (5·7) 996 070 (9·5%) 2420 (8·7)
75–79 years 834 560 (6·0%) 3250 (13·8) 61 810 (1·8%) 200 (10·3) 772 760 (7·4%) 3050 (14·1)
≥80 years 1 077 660 (7·8%) 9770 (32·3) 60 680 (1·8%) 410 (22·9) 1 016 980 (9·7%) 9360 (32·9)
Ethnicity*
White 8 893 590 (80·4%) 18 530 (8·6) 2 154 680 (80·8%) 1360 (2·8) 6 738 910 (80·3%) 17 170 (10·3)
Asian 637 580 (5·8%) 860 (5·7) 144 790 (5·4%) 80 (2·3) 492 790 (5·9%) 790 (6·7)
Black 172 990 (1·6%) 290 (7·1) 34 010 (1·3%) 30 (3·4) 138 980 (1·7%) 270 (8·0)
Mixed 115 950 (1·0%) 160 (6·0) 28 460 (1·1%) 20 (3·2) 87 490 (1·0%) 140 (6·9)
Other 99 750 (0·9%) 150 (6·6) 26 500 (1·0%) 20 (3·2) 73 250 (0·9%) 130 (7·7)
Unknown 1 142 490 (10·3%) 1820 (6·5) 279 340 (10·5%) 130 (1·9) 863 150 (10·3%) 1690 (7·9)
Socioeconomic deprivation status
1 (most deprived) 2 051 520 (14·8%) 4670 (9·5) 515 790 (15·2%) 470 (4·1) 1 535 730 (14·7%) 4200 (11·1)
2 2 519 160 (18·2%) 5080 (8·2) 634 650 (18·7%) 520 (3·6) 1 884 510 (18·1%) 4560 (9·6)
3 2 818 550 (20·4%) 5260 (7·5) 647 110 (19·1%) 420 (2·8) 2 171 430 (20·8%) 4840 (8·8)
4 3 063 000 (22·1%) 5430 (7·0) 707 360 (20·8%) 470 (2·8) 2 355 640 (22·6%) 4960 (8·2)
5 (least deprived) 3 368 540 (24·3%) 5640 (6·6) 887 270 (26·1%) 470 (2·2) 2 481 280 (23·8%) 5170 (8·0)
Unknown 15 620 (0·1%) 30 (7·7) 4400 (0·1%) 10 (7·8) 11 220 (0·1%) 20 (7·6)
BMI
<18·5 309 610 (2·2%) 840 (12·0) 79 920 (2·4%) 60 (3·2) 229 690 (2·2%) 790 (14·9)
18·5–24·9 3 895 910 (28·2%) 7460 (8·0) 953 870 (28·1%) 610 (2·9) 2 942 040 (28·2%) 6850 (9·5)
25·0–29·9 5 347 220 (38·7%) 8610 (6·8) 1 307 860 (38·6%) 740 (2·6) 4 039 360 (38·8%) 7870 (8·0)
30·0–34·9 2 104 790 (15·2%) 4180 (8·2) 496 820 (14·7%) 380 (3·5) 1 607 970 (15·4%) 3800 (9·5)
35·0–39·9 831 480 (6·0%) 1720 (8·7) 202 160 (6·0%) 140 (3·3) 629 320 (6·0%) 1570 (10·2)
≥40·0 477 750 (3·5%) 1070 (9·3) 114 440 (3·4%) 110 (4·4) 363 310 (3·5%) 960 (10·7)
Unknown 845 540 (6·1%) 1100 (5·6) 233 960 (6·9%) 90 (1·7) 611 580 (5·9%) 1010 (7·1)
Number of risk groups
0 6 996 930 (50·7%) 3880 (2·4) 1 992 940 (58·8%) 580 (1·4) 5 003 990 (48·0%) 3300 (2·8)
1 3 589 070 (26·0%) 4720 (5·5) 866 490 (25·6%) 520 (2·7) 2 722 580 (26·1%) 4210 (6·3)
2 1 651 780 (12·0%) 4690 (11·3) 320 740 (9·5%) 370 (4·9) 1 331 030 (12·8%) 4330 (12·7)
3 827 980 (6·0%) 4040 (18·9) 129 160 (3·8%) 260 (8·1) 698 820 (6·7%) 3780 (20·7)
4 406 010 (2·9%) 2990 (28·1) 49 910 (1·5%) 170 (13·5) 356 100 (3·4%) 2820 (30·0)
≥5 340 540 (2·5%) 4640 (51·6) 29 780 (0·9%) 240 (33·6) 310 760 (3·0%) 4400 (53·2)
Number of risk groups by British National Formulary chapters
0 8690 (36·1%) 90 (1·7) 2820 (37·4%) 20 (1·4) 5870 (35·5%) 70 (1·8)
1 4390 (18·2%) 80 (2·7) 1440 (19·1%) 20 (2·2) 2950 (17·8%) 60 (2·9)
2 3440 (14·3%) 150 (6·0) 1140 (15·1%) 20 (2·6) 2300 (13·9%) 130 (7·5)
3 2680 (11·1%) 160 (8·5) 830 (11·0%) 40 (7·0) 1850 (11·2%) 130 (9·0)
4 1960 (8·1%) 170 (12·4) 560 (7·4%) 30 (7·7) 1400 (8·5%) 140 (14·1)
5 1340 (5·6%) 180 (20·9) 350 (4·7%) 30 (14·3) 990 (6·0%) 150 (23·2)
≥6 1590 (6·6%) 280 (29·5) 410 (5·4%) 50 (23·6) 1190 (7·2%) 220 (31·4)
Urban-rural index
Urban 10 519 740 (76·0%) 20 590 (7·9) 2 662 240 (78·4%) 1840 (3·0) 7 857 490 (75·3%) 18 750 (9·4)
Rural 3 301 040 (23·9%) 5490 (6·5) 729 930 (21·5%) 520 (2·9) 2 571 110 (24·6%) 4970 (7·5)
Unknown 15 620 (0·1%) 30 (7·7) 4400 (0·1%) 10 (7·8) 11 220 (0·1%) 20 (7·6)
Interval between primary vaccine doses
3–6 weeks 737 470 (5·3%) 1670 (9·3) 92 600 (2·7%) 50 (2·5) 644 860 (6·2%) 1620 (10·2)
7–8 weeks 2 744 850 (19·8%) 2500 (4·2) 816 770 (24·0%) 340 (2·0) 1 928 080 (18·5%) 2170 (5·0)
9–10 weeks 4 824 110 (34·9%) 9540 (7·3) 1 128 170 (33·2%) 810 (2·9) 3 695 940 (35·4%) 8730 (8·6)
11–12 weeks 5 147 600 (37·2%) 11 080 (8·6) 1 252 880 (36·9%) 1000 (3·4) 3 894 720 (37·3%) 10 070 (10·2)
≥13 weeks 382 380 (2·8%) 1160 (14·5) 106 150 (3·1%) 160 (7·7) 276 230 (2·6%) 1000 (16·8)
Number of previous RT-PCR tests
0 11 642 910 (84·1%) 22 410 (7·7) 2 732 530 (80·4%) 1800 (2·8) 8 910 380 (85·3%) 20 610 (9·1)
1 1 046 660 (7·6%) 1110 (4·6) 340 690 (10·0%) 190 (2·8) 705 970 (6·8%) 920 (5·4)
2 637 420 (4·6%) 770 (5·1) 193 230 (5·7%) 130 (3·1) 444 190 (4·3%) 640 (5·9)
3–4 290 460 (2·1%) 710 (10·6) 86 710 (2·6%) 110 (6·3) 203 750 (2·0%) 610 (12·0)
5–9 102 110 (0·7%) 510 (18·9) 25 110 (0·7%) 80 (16·1) 77 000 (0·7%) 430 (19·5)
≥10 116 830 (0·8%) 410 (12·6) 18 300 (0·5%) 40 (11·5) 98 530 (0·9%) 370 (12·7)
Previous history of SARS-CoV-2 infection
No prior infection 13 474 880 (97·4%) 25 820 (7·7) 3 280 550 (96·6%) 2320 (3·0) 10 194 330 (97·6%) 23 500 (9·0)
<3 months 122 150 (0·9%) 110 (4·3) 34 710 (1·0%) 20 (3·0) 87 440 (0·8%) 90 (4·8)
3–5 months 100 480 (0·7%) 120 (4·7) 31 760 (0·9%) 20 (2·7) 68 720 (0·7%) 100 (5·5)
6–8 months 80 580 (0·6%) 60 (3·6) 33 080 (1·0%) 20 (2·8) 47 500 (0·5%) 40 (4·1)
≥9 months 58 310 (0·4%) 50 (4·1) 16 470 (0·5%) 10 (4·5) 41 840 (0·4%) 40 (4·0)

Rates are per 1000 person-years.

*

England and Wales.

England, Scotland, and Wales.

Northern Ireland only.