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Covid-19 Mortality Rates Lowest For Those With Three Vaccinations

10th July 2022

6 July 2022
Risk of death involving COVID-19 in England has been consistently lower for people who had a third vaccine dose or booster at least 21 days ago, compared with unvaccinated people and those with only a first or second dose.

Before March 2022, people who had received a second vaccine dose but not a third dose had a higher risk of death involving COVID-19 if their second vaccine dose was over six months ago than if they had their second dose less than six months ago. This indicated possible waning protection from vaccination over time.

Between March and May 2022, risk of death involving COVID-19 was similar for those who had received only a first or second dose and unvaccinated people, also indicating possible waning. However, there is more uncertainty around these estimates because of smaller populations.

While these rates are adjusted for age, they are not the same as vaccine effectiveness. Vaccinated and unvaccinated people likely differ in characteristics other than age, such as health.

Some deaths are expected in vaccinated people as the number who are vaccinated is high and no vaccine is 100% effective.

The number of deaths involving COVID-19 in the UK increased from 309 to 346 in the latest week (ending 24 June 2022). Deaths involving COVID-19 accounted for 2.8% of all deaths in the latest week; an increase from 2.5% in the previous week.

The number of deaths involving COVID-19 in England increased in groups aged 55 years and over and decreased in those aged 45 to 54 years. Deaths remained similar in groups aged under 45 years (week ending 24 June 2022).

COVID-19 mortality rates lowest for those with three vaccinations
Risk of death involving COVID-19 in England has been consistently lower for people who had a third vaccine dose or booster at least 21 days ago, compared with unvaccinated people and those with only a first or second dose.

Before March 2022, people who had received a second vaccine dose but not a third dose had a higher risk of death involving COVID-19 if their second vaccine dose was over six months ago than if they had their second dose less than six months ago. This indicated possible waning protection from vaccination over time.

Between March and May 2022, risk of death involving COVID-19 was similar for those who had received only a first or second dose and unvaccinated people, also indicating possible waning. However, there is more uncertainty around these estimates because of smaller populations.

While these rates are adjusted for age, they are not the same as vaccine effectiveness. Vaccinated and unvaccinated people likely differ in characteristics other than age, such as health. Some deaths are expected in vaccinated people as the number who are vaccinated is high and no vaccine is 100% effective.

There were 346 deaths involving COVID-19 registered in the UK in the week ending 24 June 2022. Of these, 270 were registered in England, 14 in Wales, 51 in Scotland and 10 in Northern Ireland. This is an increase from 309 deaths registered in the UK in the previous week (ending 17 June 2022). There were 12,278 total deaths registered in the UK in the latest week, which is 15.9% above the five-year average.

There were 586,334 deaths registered in 2021 across England and Wales. This was 21,588 deaths (3.6%) fewer than 2020 (607,922 deaths) and 54,257 deaths (10.2%) more than the five-year average of 2015 to 2019 (532,077 deaths).

In 2020, deaths were higher for males (308,069 deaths) than females (299,853 deaths) for the first time since 1981. This trend continued in 2021 with more deaths being registered for males (297,989 deaths) than females (288,345 deaths).

COVID-19 remained the leading cause of death in 2021, with 67,350 deaths having an underlying cause of COVID-19, accounting for 11.5% of all deaths registered.

Last updated: 09/06/2022

Deaths due to COVID-19 have occurred more evenly across age groups than deaths due to flu and pneumonia, although in both cases the majority of deaths have been among the oldest.

The average (mean) age of death for COVID-19 has been lower than that of flu and pneumonia throughout the pandemic. In summer 2021, the mean age of death fell to 73 years, but has been rising again since the majority of the population have been fully vaccinated to 83 years in March 2022.

While most deaths due to COVID-19 have occurred among those aged over 80 years, the increased risk of death compared with flu and pneumonia has been greatest for those aged 40 to 79 years. In January 2021, when COVID-19 deaths were at their peak, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 was nearly 32 times higher than the number due to flu and pneumonia for this age group. Among those aged over 80 years, deaths due to COVID-19 were 16 times higher than those due to flu and pneumonia.
Last updated: 23/05/2022

Deaths by ethnicity
Deaths were highest for the Bangladeshi and Pakistani groups in the Omicron variant period.
Patterns in rates of deaths involving COVID-19 between ethnic groups have changed over the coronavirus pandemic. Our latest analysis of the period since Omicron became the main variant shows rates of deaths involving COVID-19 were higher for many ethnic minority groups compared with the White British group (10 January to 16 February 2022). Rates of deaths were highest for the Bangladeshi and Pakistani groups. This is similar to patterns seen earlier in the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, before Omicron became the main variant.

These findings were true for males (2.7 times higher than White British for Bangladeshi and 2.2 times higher for Pakistani) and females (2.5 times higher than White British for Pakistani and 1.9 times higher for Bangladeshi).



Read more at https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/deaths