Mortality risk reduction from vaccination schedules compared to unvaccinated baseline, expressed in micromorts avoided per year.
References
CDC. Health and Economic Benefits of Routine Childhood Immunizations. MMWR 2024;73:1-8. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Lancet 2024. Contribution of vaccination to improved survival: 50 years of EPI. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00850-X
See also
cancer_risks(), conditional_risk(), hedged_portfolio()
Other conditional-risk:
cancer_risks(),
conditional_risk(),
hedged_portfolio()
Examples
vaccination_risks()
#> # A tibble: 17 × 9
#> vaccine_schedule age_group country mortality_reduction_pct
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 Complete childhood schedule 0-5 US 27
#> 2 Complete childhood schedule 0-5 UK 27
#> 3 Complete childhood schedule 0-5 Australia 27
#> 4 Complete childhood schedule 0-5 Global average 24
#> 5 Measles vaccine 0-5 US 15
#> 6 DTP vaccine 0-5 US 10
#> 7 Rotavirus vaccine 0-5 US 4
#> 8 Hib vaccine 0-5 US 3
#> 9 Pneumococcal vaccine 0-5 US 2
#> 10 Annual influenza vaccine 65+ US 4
#> 11 Annual influenza vaccine 65+ UK 4
#> 12 Pneumococcal vaccine 65+ US 2
#> 13 Shingles vaccine 50+ US 1
#> 14 COVID-19 vaccine (annual) 65+ US 15
#> 15 COVID-19 vaccine (annual) 18-64 US 3
#> 16 Unvaccinated baseline 0-5 US 0
#> 17 Unvaccinated baseline 65+ US 0
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: micromorts_avoided_per_year <dbl>, description <chr>,
#> # microlives_gained_per_day <dbl>, annual_life_days_gained <dbl>,
#> # source_url <chr>
vaccination_risks() |> dplyr::filter(country == "US")
#> # A tibble: 13 × 9
#> vaccine_schedule age_group country mortality_reduction_pct
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 Complete childhood schedule 0-5 US 27
#> 2 Measles vaccine 0-5 US 15
#> 3 DTP vaccine 0-5 US 10
#> 4 Rotavirus vaccine 0-5 US 4
#> 5 Hib vaccine 0-5 US 3
#> 6 Pneumococcal vaccine 0-5 US 2
#> 7 Annual influenza vaccine 65+ US 4
#> 8 Pneumococcal vaccine 65+ US 2
#> 9 Shingles vaccine 50+ US 1
#> 10 COVID-19 vaccine (annual) 65+ US 15
#> 11 COVID-19 vaccine (annual) 18-64 US 3
#> 12 Unvaccinated baseline 0-5 US 0
#> 13 Unvaccinated baseline 65+ US 0
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: micromorts_avoided_per_year <dbl>, description <chr>,
#> # microlives_gained_per_day <dbl>, annual_life_days_gained <dbl>,
#> # source_url <chr>
vaccination_risks() |> dplyr::filter(age_group == "0-5") # Childhood vaccines
#> # A tibble: 10 × 9
#> vaccine_schedule age_group country mortality_reduction_pct
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <dbl>
#> 1 Complete childhood schedule 0-5 US 27
#> 2 Complete childhood schedule 0-5 UK 27
#> 3 Complete childhood schedule 0-5 Australia 27
#> 4 Complete childhood schedule 0-5 Global average 24
#> 5 Measles vaccine 0-5 US 15
#> 6 DTP vaccine 0-5 US 10
#> 7 Rotavirus vaccine 0-5 US 4
#> 8 Hib vaccine 0-5 US 3
#> 9 Pneumococcal vaccine 0-5 US 2
#> 10 Unvaccinated baseline 0-5 US 0
#> # ℹ 5 more variables: micromorts_avoided_per_year <dbl>, description <chr>,
#> # microlives_gained_per_day <dbl>, annual_life_days_gained <dbl>,
#> # source_url <chr>