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Volume 29, Number 2—February 2023

Research

Age-Stratified Model to Assess Health Outcomes of COVID-19 Vaccination Strategies, Ghana

Sylvia K. Ofori, Jessica S. Schwind, Kelly L. Sullivan, Gerardo Chowell, Benjamin J. Cowling, and Isaac Chun-Hai FungComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (S.K. Ofori); Georgia Southern University Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Statesboro, Georgia, USA (S.K. Ofori, K.L. Sullivan, I.C.-H. Fung); Georgia Southern University Institute for Health Logistics and Analytics, Statesboro (J.S. Schwind); Georgia State University School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (G. Chowell); WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, The University of Hong Kong School of Public Health, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (B.J. Cowling)

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Table 3

Scenario analysis of outcomes in the total population under various vaccination scenarios using the second matrix method for the initial strain, Ghana

Vaccine prioritization by age group, y
 Scenario, % infections
500,000 vaccinated in 3 mo
 500,000 vaccinated in 6 mo
 1 million vaccinated in 3 mo
 1 million vaccinated in 6 mo
 2 million vaccinated in 3 mo
 2 million vaccinated in 6 mo
Symptomatic infections at peak
Only ≥65 7.02 7.10 6.92 7.02 6.82 6.92
25–64 6.96 7.07 6.75 6.96 6.35 6.75
<25 6.99 7.09 6.79 6.99 6.42 6.79
<65 6.97 7.08 6.76 6.97 6.35 6.76
Same rate across age groups
 6.98
 7.08
 6.76
 6.98
 6.35
 6.76
Cumulative infections
Only ≥65 177.71 179.61 175.36 177.71 173.19 175.36
25–64 178.22 180.28 174.26 178.22 166.42 174.26
<25 178.62 180.48 174.95 178.62 167.74 174.95
<65 178.39 180.48 174.42 178.39 166.69 174.42
Same rate across age groups
 178.30
 180.33
 174.25
 178.30
 166.13
 174.25
Deaths
Only ≥65 0.19 0.20 0.18 0.19 0.17 0.18
25–64 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.19 0.21
<25 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.21 0.21
<65 0.22 0.22 0.21 0.22 0.20 0.21
Same rate across age groups 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.20 0.21

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