Sociodemographic inequality in COVID-19 vaccination coverage among elderly adults in England: a national linked data study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine inequalities in COVID-19 vaccination rates among elderly adults in England.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

People living in private households and communal establishments in England.

Participants

6 655 672 adults aged ≥70 years (mean 78.8 years, 55.2% women) who were alive on 15 March 2021.

Main outcome measures

Having received the first dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 by 15 March 2021. We calculated vaccination rates and estimated unadjusted and adjusted ORs using logistic regression models.

Results

By 15 March 2021, 93.2% of people living in England aged 70 years and over had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. While vaccination rates differed across all factors considered apart from sex, the greatest disparit

SUBMITTER: Nafilyan V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8313303 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature