FOI Ref: FOI/2021/3245
You asked
Please supply a breakdown of hospitalisations and more importantly deaths due to SARS-Cov2 of 'double vaccinated' members of the population over the age of 50 banded into 10 (or preferably 5) year age bands and split between those given AZ vaccines and those given PB vaccines.
If possible I would like the breakdown to include total vaccines for the particular band and vaccine type administered together with the associated number of hospitalisations and deaths that have occurred. If possible and in order to provide a more 'level playing field' I would like the report to exclude cases where the first vaccine was given prior to 4th January 2021 (the date on which AZ was first rolled out).
AZ=Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
PB=BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) vaccine
We said
Unfortunately, we would be unable to provide you with COVID-19 hospitalisations by vaccination status and brand in the UK. To fulfil this request would require complex data linkage to NHS admissions and NHS vaccination data. We are also unable to provide you with COVID-19 deaths by brand of vaccination by month. In order to provide this, we would need to complete complex data linkage to NHS COVID-19 vaccination data to census and mortality data. Both exercises require a high level of statistical skill and judgement and extensive quality assurance. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Public Authorities are not obligated to create information to respond to requests. We therefore consider this to be information not held.
We do hold the following analysis Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England which includes COVID-19 deaths by vaccination status from January 2021 to 2July 2021. This publication includes weekly mortality rates in England by vaccination status.
The data are for England only, as vaccinations data for Wales is not yet available to be linked to the mortality dataset and the Public Health Data Asset covers England only.
A follow up publication was released on 1 November 2021 to include data from January 2021 to 24September 2021: Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England - Office for National Statistics.
We have another release including data up to 5November 2021 provisionally scheduled for release on 22 December 2021.
For further information please contact Health.Data@ons.gov.uk.