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Immunisation data is collected from Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR) and is collated weekly.

We report both publicly funded and some privately funded flu vaccines that are recorded. Not all the privately funded vaccines are recorded in our registries which means the total number of vaccines administered will be higher than reported. Influenza vaccines are funded under several criteria, further details here: Influenza vaccine | Health Navigator NZ.Our reporting is focussed on the 2024 funded age groups.

Total vaccinations

  Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Week: 22 April to 28 April 7,173 4,518 14,515 63,899 90,105
Total Vaccinations 6M-12 years (YTD) 1,402 1,215 6,651 6,626 15,894
Total Vaccinations 65+ years (YTD) 21,284 10,109 24,651 287,534 343,578
Total Vaccinations (YTD) 44,607 25,157 77,951 439,710 587,425

 

Definitions

  • Ethnicity: This is based on prioritised ethnicity, which means each person is only counted against a single ethnicity category. When a person has multiple ethnicities recorded, then the prioritised ethnicity is ranked in the order of 1) Māori 2) Pacific Peoples 3) Asian 4) Other. For example, if a person is recorded as their ethnicities being both Māori and Pacific Peoples, their prioritised ethnicity will be Māori, i.e. they will not be counted in the Pacific Peoples group.
  • YTD: is defined as vaccinations occurring in the 2024 flu season between 02 April 2024 and 28 April 2024.

Vaccinations by district

Number of vaccines by district and prioritised ethnicity. Based on the district of where the person lives, which may differ from where the person received their vaccine.

  Māori Pacific Asian Other Total
Auckland 2,302 4,176 15,136 30,540 52,154
Bay of Plenty 3,932 313 1,604 27,945 33,794
Canterbury 3,501 1,282 7,535 69,387 81,705
Capital and Coast 2,517 1,936 5,738 33,203 43,394
Counties Manukau 4,389 9,660 15,790 23,789 53,628
Hawkes Bay 2,486 440 812 17,172 20,910
Hutt Valley 1,776 1,067 2,810 14,883 20,536
Lakes 2,178 215 636 8,020 11,049
MidCentral 1,870 330 1,277 19,239 22,716
Nelson Marlborough 1,203 367 867 21,515 23,952
Northland 3,275 226 572 13,782 17,855
South Canterbury 352 152 359 8,322 9,185
Southern 2,179 625 2,419 37,981 43,204
Tairāwhiti 1,277 85 151 2,319 3,832
Taranaki 1,390 113 611 13,703 15,817
Waikato 4,890 922 3,793 36,827 46,432
Wairarapa 612 95 141 6,343 7,191
Waitematā 2,906 2,979 17,308 44,179 67,372
West Coast 318 30 149 3,859 4,356
Whanganui 1,244 133 208 6,582 8,167
Overseas / Unknown 10 11 35 120 176
Total 44,607 25,157 77,951 439,710 587,425

 

Vaccination uptake: age 65+ years

Uptake percent is calculated by comparing the flu doses to date for this year with the estimated number of people in New Zealand who are aged 65 and over.

The estimated population is sourced from AIR and validated against the National Health Index (NHI) and National Enrolment Service (NES) registers.

The equity gap is the difference in rates for Māori or Pacific ethnicities to non-Māori/non-Pacific.

  Māori Pacific Asian Other Total Equity Gap
  count % count % count % count % count % (Māori) (Pacific)
Auckland 945 35% 1,763 30% 5,609 30% 17,307 39% 25,624 36% -1% -6%
Bay of Plenty 2,185 36% 129 36% 365 28% 20,450 43% 23,129 42% -7% -7%
Canterbury 1,401 38% 363 32% 1,831 33% 43,362 46% 46,957 45% -7% -13%
Capital and Coast 948 40% 835 35% 1,631 33% 17,722 47% 21,136 44% -5% -10%
Counties Manukau 1,795 34% 3,914 30% 5,868 30% 15,505 38% 27,082 34% -1% -5%
Hawkes Bay 1,171 29% 124 28% 192 27% 12,136 41% 13,623 39% -11% -13%
Hutt Valley 755 40% 518 41% 886 36% 8,702 46% 10,861 44% -5% -4%
Lakes 1,265 34% 86 31% 148 27% 5,818 37% 7,317 36% -2% -5%
MidCentral 973 35% 140 29% 437 33% 13,235 42% 14,785 41% -7% -13%
Nelson Marlborough 577 41% 51 30% 131 33% 15,378 43% 16,137 43% -3% -13%
Northland 1,869 26% 114 29% 139 22% 10,761 30% 12,883 30% -4% -1%
South Canterbury 164 41% 18 38% 45 31% 5,658 42% 5,885 42% -1% -4%
Southern 924 36% 172 34% 333 31% 23,463 40% 24,892 39% -4% -5%
Tairāwhiti 750 27% 21 23% 20 22% 1,614 28% 2,405 28% -1% -5%
Taranaki 699 37% 29 29% 107 31% 9,306 42% 10,141 41% -4% -13%
Waikato 2,450 32% 374 31% 1,050 27% 25,924 40% 29,798 38% -7% -8%
Wairarapa 319 42% 42 40% 52 39% 4,696 43% 5,109 43% -1% -2%
Waitematā 1,194 32% 1,324 30% 5,696 29% 28,456 38% 36,670 36% -4% -6%
West Coast 158 44% 9 39% 20 34% 2,608 37% 2,795 37% 7% 3%
Whanganui 690 39% 51 32% 49 27% 4,838 38% 5,628 38% 1% -6%
Overseas / Unknown - 10% - 0% 6 6% 48 8% 58 7% 2% -8%
Total 21,236 34% 10,077 31% 24,615 30% 286,987 41% 342,915 39% -6% -9%

 

Vaccination uptake: age 6 months to 12 years

  Māori Pacific Asian Other Total Equity Gap
  count % count % count % count % count % (Māori) (Pacific)
Auckland 89 1% 199 2% 1,281 5% 780 3% 2,349 3% -3% -2%
Bay of Plenty 90 1% 7 1% 101 2% 237 1% 435 1% -1% -1%
Canterbury 168 1% 129 3% 764 4% 1,314 2% 2,375 3% -2% 0%
Capital and Coast 86 1% 79 2% 391 4% 829 4% 1,385 3% -3% -2%
Counties Manukau 204 1% 484 1% 1,319 4% 432 2% 2,439 2% -2% -1%
Hawkes Bay 37 0% 22 1% 30 1% 112 1% 201 1% -1% 0%
Hutt Valley 64 1% 26 1% 186 3% 288 3% 564 2% -2% -2%
Lakes 49 0% 8 1% 60 3% 84 1% 201 1% -1% 0%
MidCentral 37 0% 10 1% 89 2% 147 1% 283 1% -1% -1%
Nelson Marlborough 56 1% 41 5% 53 3% 221 1% 371 2% 0% 4%
Northland 58 0% 10 1% 36 2% 96 1% 200 1% -1% 0%
South Canterbury - 0% 22 4% 17 2% 56 1% 98 1% -1% 3%
Southern 76 1% 14 1% 127 2% 403 1% 620 1% -1% -1%
Tairāwhiti 11 0% - 0% 5 1% 13 0% 29 0% 0% -1%
Taranaki 61 1% 13 3% 61 3% 180 1% 315 1% -1% 1%
Waikato 116 0% 25 1% 285 2% 410 1% 836 1% -1% -1%
Wairarapa 13 1% 10 4% 10 2% 76 2% 109 1% -1% 2%
Waitematā 137 1% 110 1% 1,792 5% 827 2% 2,866 3% -2% -2%
West Coast 16 2% - 1% 16 5% 60 2% 93 2% -1% -1%
Whanganui 29 1% - 1% 10 1% 52 1% 94 1% 0% 0%
Overseas / Unknown - 0% - 1% - 0% 6 1% 7 1% -1% 0%
Total 1,400 1% 1,214 1% 6,633 4% 6,623 2% 15,870 2% -2% -1%

 

Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+ years

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Vaccinations per week for all age groups

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Notes on report data:

  1. On 2 April 2024, the estimated population was changed to be sourced from AIR instead of the most recent Health Service User (HSU).
  2. Immunisation data is sourced from Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR) which includes migrated information from the the COVID-19 Register (CIR) and National Immunisation Register (NIR) and collated weekly.
  3. Data captured on paper or systems other than AIR are not included.
  4. The data contains public and privately funded influenza vaccinations. Following the 2021 flu season we have seen a higher proportion of privately funded vaccines being recorded. This is due to additional immunisation registries and the ability of pharmacies and other providers being able record vaccinations. Data between years, therefore, are not directly comparable.