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Volume 28, Number 11—November 2022
Research

Socioeconomic Inequalities in COVID-19 Vaccination and Infection in Adults, Catalonia, Spain

Elena Roel, Berta Raventós, Edward Burn, Andrea Pistillo, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, and Talita Duarte-SallesComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (E. Roel, B. Raventós); Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina, Barcelona, Spain (E. Roel, B. Raventós, E. Burn, A. Pistillo, T. Duarte-Salles); Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (E. Burn, D. Prieto-Alhambra); Erasmus University Medical Center Department of Medical Informatics, Rotterdam, Netherlands (D. Prieto-Alhambra)

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Vaccination coverage and incidence rates of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death over time by SDI quintile and age group in study of socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19 vaccination and infection, Catalonia, Spain, 2020–2021. Only persons with complete follow-up were included to estimate vaccination coverages. Gray area shows the first month after the start of vaccine rollout (December 27, 2020). Q1 represents the least deprived quintile, Q5 the most deprived. A) Vaccination coverage by age group, shown as percentage of population. B) COVID-19 infections by age group, shown as incidence rate per 100,000 person-years. C) COVID-19 hospitalizations, shown as incidence rate per 100,000 person-years. COVID-19–related deaths, shown as incidence rate per 100,000 person-years. Q, quintile; SDI, Socioeconomic Deprivation Index.

Figure 2. Vaccination coverage and incidence rates of COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death over time by SDI quintile and age group in study of socioeconomic inequalities in COVID-19 vaccination and infection, Catalonia, Spain, 2020–2021. Only persons with complete follow-up were included to estimate vaccination coverages. Gray area shows the first month after the start of vaccine rollout (December 27, 2020). Q1 represents the least deprived quintile, Q5 the most deprived. A) Vaccination coverage by age group, shown as percentage of population. B) COVID-19 infections by age group, shown as incidence rate per 100,000 person-years. C) COVID-19 hospitalizations, shown as incidence rate per 100,000 person-years. COVID-19–related deaths, shown as incidence rate per 100,000 person-years. Q, quintile; SDI, Socioeconomic Deprivation Index.

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