National surveillance data analysis of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in England by women of reproductive age

Laura A. Magee (), Erika Molteni, Vicky Bowyer, Jeffrey N. Bone, Harriet Boulding, Asma Khalil, Hiten D. Mistry, Lucilla Poston, Sergio A. Silverio, Ingrid Wolfe, Emma L. Duncan and Peter von Dadelszen
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Laura A. Magee: King’s College London
Erika Molteni: King’s College London
Vicky Bowyer: King’s College London
Jeffrey N. Bone: University of British Columbia
Harriet Boulding: The Policy Institute at King’s, Social Science and Public Policy, King’s College London
Asma Khalil: St. George’s, University of London
Hiten D. Mistry: King’s College London
Lucilla Poston: King’s College London
Sergio A. Silverio: King’s College London
Ingrid Wolfe: King’s College London
Emma L. Duncan: King’s College London
Peter von Dadelszen: King’s College London

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Women of reproductive age are a group of particular concern with regards to vaccine uptake, related to their unique considerations of menstruation, fertility, and pregnancy. To obtain vaccine uptake data specific to this group, we obtained vaccine surveillance data from the Office for National Statistics, linked with COVID-19 vaccination status from the National Immunisation Management Service, England, from 8 Dec 2020 to 15 Feb 2021; data from 13,128,525 such women at population-level, were clustered by age (18–29, 30–39, and 40–49 years), self-defined ethnicity (19 UK government categories), and index of multiple deprivation (IMD, geographically-defined IMD quintiles). Here we show that among women of reproductive age, older age, White ethnicity and being in the least-deprived index of multiple deprivation are each independently associated with higher vaccine uptake, for first and second doses; however, ethnicity exerts the strongest influence (and IMD the weakest). These findings should inform future vaccination public messaging and policy.

Date: 2023
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