Every Additional 4 Years in Age, Risk of Dying Per COVID-19 Injection Doubles: Study

The doubling in mortality risk is significantly higher compared to terminal illnesses such as cancer, pneumonia, and heart disease.

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., on Jan. 15, 2021. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

Older people are at increased risk of dying from COVID-19 vaccines, with the risk of death doubling roughly every four years, according to a recent study that has not undergone peer review.

The Sept. 17 study, published by the nonprofit research organization CORRELATION, analyzed COVID-19 vaccinations and all-cause mortality data from 17 equatorial and Southern Hemisphere countries. In two nations—Chile and Peru—the researchers had access to detailed age and dose data. The risk of death per injection was found to increase “exponentially with age” in these nations for people older than 60—with the risk “doubling approximately every four years in age.”