Question reference: S6W-01505
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 15 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how uptake of the COVID-19 vaccination by Polish people in Scotland compares with the wider population.
Answer
As detailed in the Public Health Scotland COVID-19 Statistical Report, as at 19 July 2021, which was published on the 21 July 2021, 46.2% of the Scottish White Polish population have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine compared to 87.8% of the wider White Scottish population. The White Polish demographic breaks down further into age cohorts as follows:
The much smaller non-White Polish demographics are contained in the wider Scottish categories in the report.
Vaccination update of first dose by age group – White Polish
Age group | Percentage uptake |
80+ | 68.2% |
75-79 | 64.6% |
70-74 | 60.8% |
65-69 | 54.4% |
60-64 | 55.4% |
55-59 | 60.3% |
50-54 | 59.2% |
40-49 | 53.5% |
30-39 | 42.6% |
18-29 | 32% |
All 18+ | 46.2% |
Further information can be accessed from here: Public Health Scotland COVID-19 Statistical Report .