Meslé, Margaux MiBrown, JeremyMook, PiersHagan, JoséPastore, RobertaBundle, NickSpiteri, GianfrancoRavasi, GiovanniNicolay, NathalieAndrews, NickDykhanovska, TetianaMossong, JoëlSadkowska-Todys, MałgorzataNikiforova, RainaRiccardo, FlaviaMeijerink, HintaMazagatos, ClaraKyncl, JanMcMenamin, JimMelillo, TanyaKaoustou, StellaLévy-Bruhl, DanielHaarhuis, FreekRich, RivkaKall, MeaghanNitzan, DoritSmallwood, CatherinePebody, Richard2022-05-092022-05-092021-11Euro Surveill. 2021 Nov;26(47):2101021.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/14310Since December 2019, over 1.5 million SARS-CoV-2-related fatalities have been recorded in the World Health Organization European Region - 90.2% in people ≥ 60 years. We calculated lives saved in this age group by COVID-19 vaccination in 33 countries from December 2020 to November 2021, using weekly reported deaths and vaccination coverage. We estimated that vaccination averted 469,186 deaths (51% of 911,302 expected deaths; sensitivity range: 129,851-733,744; 23-62%). Impact by country ranged 6-93%, largest when implementation was early.engVoRhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/COVID-19Deaths avertedExpected mortalityOlder age groupsVaccination coverageVaccination programsAtribución 4.0 Internacional348236412647210102110.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.47.21010211560-7917Euro Surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletinopen access