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Demographic benchmarks for equitable coverage of the COVID-19 vaccination program among priority populations
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in English
| medRxiv
| ID: ppmedrxiv-21251992
ABSTRACT
We report the demographic distribution of non-institutionalized populations in the US who are prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination by ethnicity, age and sex and region. The composition of non-institutionalized priority populations was estimated using a nationally representative sample of 25,417 adults interviewed in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) in 2018. A relatively large fraction of individuals prioritized for the earliest distribution of the vaccine are women, non-Hispanic Black, and young to middle aged adults. Overall, the study provides a platform to track equity in vaccine coverage and to better tailor health communication strategies.
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Preprints
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medRxiv
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document type:
Preprint
