World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden.
Euro Surveill. 2021 Nov;26(47). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.47.2101021.
Since December 2019, over 1.5 million SARS-CoV-2-related fatalities have been recorded in the World Health Organization European Region - 90.2% in people ≥ 60 years. We calculated lives saved in this age group by COVID-19 vaccination in 33 countries from December 2020 to November 2021, using weekly reported deaths and vaccination coverage. We estimated that vaccination averted 469,186 deaths (51% of 911,302 expected deaths; sensitivity range: 129,851-733,744; 23-62%). Impact by country ranged 6-93%, largest when implementation was early.
自 2019 年 12 月以来,世界卫生组织欧洲区域记录了超过 150 万例与 SARS-CoV-2 相关的死亡病例 - 其中 90.2%发生在≥60 岁的人群中。我们使用 2020 年 12 月至 2021 年 11 月期间每周报告的死亡人数和疫苗接种覆盖率,计算了 33 个国家/地区该年龄段因 COVID-19 疫苗接种而避免的死亡人数。我们估计疫苗接种避免了 469186 例死亡(占 911302 例预期死亡人数的 51%;敏感性范围:129851-733744;23-62%)。各国的影响范围为 6-93%,当实施时间较早时影响最大。