A safety study evaluating non-COVID-19 mortality risk following COVID-19 vaccination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The safety of COVID-19 vaccines plays an important role in addressing vaccine hesitancy. We conducted a large cohort study to evaluate the risk of non-COVID-19 mortality after COVID-19 vaccination while adjusting for confounders including individual-level demographics, clinical risk factors, health care utilization, and community-level socioeconomic risk factors.

Methods

The retrospective cohort study consisted of members from seven Vaccine Safety Datalink sites from December 14, 2020 through August 31, 2021. We conducted three separate analyses for each of the three COVID-19 vaccines used in the US. Crude non-COVID-19 mortality rates were reported by vaccine type, age, sex, and race/ethnicity. The counting process model for survival analyses was used to analyze n

SUBMITTER: Xu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9763207 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature