Demographic information from clinical trials
Clinical trials for the Moderna vaccine included people from the following racial and ethnic categories:
- 79.4% White
- 20% Hispanic/Latino
- 9.7% African American
- 4.7% Asian
- <3% other races/ethnicities
Age and sex breakdown:
- 52.6% male
- 47.4% female
- 25.3% 65 years and older
Most people who participated in the trials (82%) were considered to have an occupational risk of exposure, with 25.4% of them being healthcare workers.
Among people who participated in the clinical trials, 22.3% had at least one high-risk condition, which included lung disease, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, liver disease, or HIV infection. Four percent (4%) of participants had two or more high-risk conditions.
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