CORRECTION: Corona vaccination: 7.6 million people aged 70 to under 80 with high priority

The report distributed on February 12, 2021 must be corrected. In the table “Population on December 31, 2019 by selected age groups, proportion of the population in%”, the 2nd column incorrectly contained values ​​for another age group, namely for the 75 to under 80 year olds instead of the 70 to under 80 Year olds. The correction is highlighted in bold.

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Press release No. N 012 from February 12, 2021

• Saxony-Anhalt with the highest proportion of 70 to under 80 year olds, Hamburg with the lowest
• 51.4 million people were aged 18 to 64 in 2019

WIESBADEN – Germany has been vaccinated against the Sars-CoV-2 virus since the end of last year. In addition to certain professional groups, the 5.7 million people aged 80 and over were initially given the highest priority. According to the current vaccination ordinance of the federal government, people between the ages of 70 and under 80 are vaccinated with high priority. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), there were around 7.6 million people or 9.1% of the total population at this age at the end of 2019.

In relation to the total population of the respective federal state, the proportion of 70 to under 80-year-olds was the highest in Saxony-Anhalt at 11.1%; around 243,000 people were there at this age at the end of 2019. The proportion of people in this age group was lowest in Hamburg at 8.0% (around 148,000 people).

In a third stage (“increased priority”), the Federal Government’s Vaccination Ordinance provides for vaccinations for people aged between 60 and 70 years. This age was around 10.5 million people or 12.6% of the total population at the end of 2019. Within the federal states, the share of this age group was highest in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (259,000 people) at 16.1%. The proportion of 60 to under 70 year olds was lowest in Hamburg (around 179,000 people) at 9.7%. Who is vaccinated and when, depends not only on age but also on other indicators such as occupation, previous illnesses or proximity to particularly vulnerable people.

71.5% of the population without age-related prioritization

59.4 million people were last under 60 years of age and, according to the vaccination ordinance, not intended for age-related preferred vaccinations.

Next to BioNTech / Pfizer and Moderna, the third previously approved vaccine from the manufacturer AstraZeneca is said to be loud Robert Koch Institute In the absence of data on the effect in older people, initially only people between the ages of 18 and 64 are vaccinated. Nationwide, around 51.4 million people were 18 to 64 years old in 2019.

So far, none of the three vaccines available have been approved for children under 16 – around 12.1 million people in Germany belonged to this age group in 2019.

Priority levels of the standing vaccination commission

The Standing Vaccination Commission (STIKO) subdivides its vaccination recommendations into a more detailed breakdown than the federal government. The second priority level proposed by STIKO includes people between the ages of 75 and under 80. This age was around 3.9 million people or 4.7%% of the total population at the end of 2019. In relation to the total population of the respective federal state, the share of this age group was highest in Saxony-Anhalt at 6.1%; around 134,000 people were between 75 and under 80 years old. The share of 75 to under 80 year olds was lowest in the city-state of Hamburg (around 76,000 people) at 4.1%, followed by Baden-Württemberg with a share of this age group of 4.3% (around 476,000 people).

The third level of prioritization proposed by the Standing Vaccination Commission includes people aged 70 to under 75. Nationwide, around 3.7 million people or 4.4% of the population were in this age group at the end of 2019. In this age group, too, the proportion is highest in Saxony-Anhalt at 5.0% or around 110,000 people. The city-states of Berlin (143,000 people) and Hamburg (around 72,000 people) have the lowest proportion of people in this age group, each with 3.9%.

A further 4.9 million people between the ages of 65 and under 70 fall into priority level four across Germany due to their age, that is 5.8% of the population in Germany. Here, too, the city-states of Hamburg (4.4%) and Berlin (5.0%) have the lowest proportion of this age group. Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with 7.7%, and Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, each with 7.6%, have the highest share.

Priority level five affects people aged 60 and under 65, i.e. nationwide potentially 5.6 million people or 6.8% of the population. When looking at the federal states, the percentage of this age group ranges from 8.4% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to 5.3% in Hamburg.

Further information
Ordinance on the right to vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus

STIKO step-by-step plan to prioritize COVID-19 vaccination

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