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. 2020 Dec 10:NEJMoa2034577. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2034577

Table 3. Vaccine Efficacy Overall and by Subgroup in Participants without Evidence of Infection before 7 Days after Dose 2.

Efficacy End-Point
Subgroup
BNT162b2
(N=18,198)
Placebo
(N=18,325)
Vaccine Efficacy, %
(95% CI)†
No. of
Cases
Surveillance
Time
(No. at Risk)*
No. of
Cases
Surveillance
Time
(No. at Risk)*
Overall 8 2.214 (17,411) 162 2.222 (17,511) 95.0 (90.0–97.9)
Age group
16 to 55 yr 5 1.234 (9,897) 114 1.239 (9,955) 95.6 (89.4–98.6)
>55 yr 3 0.980 (7,500) 48 0.983 (7,543) 93.7 (80.6–98.8)
≥65 yr 1 0.508 (3,848) 19 0.511 (3,880) 94.7 (66.7–99.9)
≥75 yr 0 0.102 (774) 5 0.106 (785) 100.0 (−13.1–100.0)
Sex
Male 3 1.124 (8,875) 81 1.108 (8,762) 96.4 (88.9–99.3)
Female 5 1.090 (8,536) 81 1.114 (8,749) 93.7 (84.7–98.0)
Race or ethnic group‡
White 7 1.889 (14,504) 146 1.903 (14,670) 95.2 (89.8–98.1)
Black or African American 0 0.165 (1,502) 7 0.164 (1,486) 100.0 (31.2–100.0)
All others 1 0.160 (1,405) 9 0.155 (1,355) 89.3 (22.6–99.8)
Hispanic or Latinx 3 0.605 (4,764) 53 0.600 (4,746) 94.4 (82.7–98.9)
Non-Hispanic, non-Latinx 5 1.596 (12,548) 109 1.608 (12,661) 95.4 (88.9–98.5)
Country
Argentina 1 0.351 (2,545) 35 0.346 (2,521) 97.2 (83.3–99.9)
Brazil 1 0.119 (1,129) 8 0.117 (1,121) 87.7 (8.1–99.7)
United States 6 1.732 (13,359) 119 1.747 (13,506) 94.9 (88.6–98.2)
*

Surveillance time is the total time in 1000 person-years for the given end point across all participants within each group at risk for the end point. The time period for Covid-19 case accrual is from 7 days after the second dose to the end of the surveillance period.

†

The confidence interval (CI) for vaccine efficacy is derived according to the Clopper–Pearson method, adjusted for surveillance time.

‡

Race or ethnic group was reported by the participants. “All others” included the following categories: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, multiracial, and not reported.