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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. More detail is on our Health Information and Services website. Our reporting is focussed on the 2024 funded age groups.
Total vaccinations
Māori | Pacific | Asian | Other | Total | |
Week: 12 August to 18 August | 502 | 463 | 940 | 2,253 | 4,158 |
Total vaccinations 6M-12 years (YTD) | 4,582 | 3,536 | 16,276 | 19,834 | 44,228 |
Total vaccinations 65+ years (YTD) | 34,267 | 17,285 | 41,208 | 445,761 | 538,521 |
Total vaccinations (YTD) | 94,177 | 56,519 | 173,408 | 828,579 | 1,152,683 |
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 2 April 2024 and 25 August 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 | 5,198 | 8,749 | 33,268 | 63,411 | 110,626 |
Bay of Plenty | 7,238 | 834 | 3,384 | 46,294 | 57,750 |
Canterbury | 7,729 | 3,085 | 17,382 | 131,892 | 160,088 |
Capital and Coast | 5,788 | 4,243 | 13,402 | 68,896 | 92,329 |
Counties Manukau | 9,251 | 21,765 | 34,178 | 44,033 | 109,227 |
Hawkes Bay | 5,603 | 1,221 | 1,983 | 31,378 | 40,185 |
Hutt Valley | 3,590 | 2,073 | 5,943 | 27,999 | 39,605 |
Lakes | 4,313 | 453 | 1,573 | 15,275 | 21,614 |
MidCentral | 3,861 | 892 | 3,091 | 34,448 | 42,292 |
Nelson Marlborough | 2,306 | 892 | 1,949 | 37,691 | 42,838 |
Northland | 7,205 | 491 | 1,469 | 27,471 | 36,636 |
South Canterbury | 676 | 247 | 711 | 14,642 | 16,276 |
Southern | 4,929 | 1,509 | 5,665 | 72,645 | 84,748 |
Tairawhiti | 2,887 | 307 | 386 | 5,055 | 8,635 |
Taranaki | 2,813 | 354 | 1,463 | 24,701 | 29,331 |
Waikato | 10,354 | 2,185 | 9,939 | 67,824 | 90,302 |
Wairarapa | 1,090 | 212 | 409 | 10,544 | 12,255 |
Waitemata | 6,394 | 6,550 | 36,361 | 84,912 | 134,217 |
West Coast | 547 | 71 | 272 | 6,793 | 7,683 |
Whanganui | 2,372 | 326 | 497 | 12,465 | 15,660 |
Overseas / Unknown | 33 | 60 | 83 | 210 | 386 |
Total | 94,177 | 56,519 | 173,408 | 828,579 | 1,152,683 |
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 | 1,496 | 57% | 3,030 | 53% | 9,436 | 51% | 26,956 | 62% | 40,918 | 58% | -2% | -6% | |
Bay of Plenty | 3,231 | 54% | 190 | 54% | 593 | 45% | 29,708 | 63% | 33,722 | 62% | -9% | -9% | |
Canterbury | 2,290 | 63% | 616 | 55% | 2,932 | 52% | 65,063 | 70% | 70,901 | 69% | -6% | -14% | |
Capital and Coast | 1,441 | 62% | 1,324 | 57% | 2,720 | 56% | 26,416 | 71% | 31,901 | 68% | -7% | -12% | |
Counties Manukau | 2,833 | 55% | 6,850 | 54% | 9,990 | 52% | 23,561 | 58% | 43,234 | 56% | -1% | -3% | |
Hawkes Bay | 2,041 | 52% | 212 | 48% | 316 | 44% | 19,012 | 65% | 21,581 | 63% | -13% | -16% | |
Hutt Valley | 1,080 | 57% | 753 | 60% | 1,298 | 54% | 12,585 | 67% | 15,716 | 65% | -9% | -6% | |
Lakes | 1,961 | 54% | 144 | 53% | 254 | 47% | 9,497 | 61% | 11,856 | 59% | -7% | -8% | |
MidCentral | 1,545 | 56% | 241 | 50% | 716 | 54% | 20,142 | 65% | 22,644 | 63% | -8% | -14% | |
Nelson Marlborough | 838 | 60% | 83 | 50% | 204 | 52% | 22,709 | 65% | 23,834 | 64% | -5% | -15% | |
Northland | 3,293 | 47% | 188 | 48% | 269 | 44% | 18,974 | 54% | 22,724 | 53% | -7% | -6% | |
South Canterbury | 250 | 63% | 24 | 50% | 66 | 46% | 8,954 | 67% | 9,294 | 67% | -4% | -17% | |
Southern | 1,496 | 58% | 274 | 55% | 513 | 49% | 36,626 | 63% | 38,909 | 62% | -4% | -7% | |
Tairawhiti | 1,309 | 48% | 33 | 36% | 43 | 48% | 2,950 | 52% | 4,335 | 51% | -4% | -16% | |
Taranaki | 1,076 | 59% | 54 | 54% | 187 | 54% | 14,166 | 64% | 15,483 | 64% | -6% | -10% | |
Waikato | 3,893 | 52% | 619 | 52% | 1,858 | 48% | 39,487 | 61% | 45,857 | 59% | -8% | -9% | |
Wairarapa | 416 | 55% | 60 | 59% | 76 | 57% | 6,664 | 62% | 7,216 | 61% | -7% | -3% | |
Waitemata | 1,989 | 55% | 2,249 | 51% | 9,332 | 49% | 43,833 | 60% | 57,403 | 57% | -3% | -6% | |
West Coast | 214 | 60% | 13 | 57% | 29 | 52% | 4,011 | 57% | 4,267 | 57% | 3% | 0% | |
Whanganui | 1,040 | 60% | 91 | 58% | 85 | 48% | 8,128 | 64% | 9,344 | 64% | -5% | -7% | |
Overseas / Unknown | 9 | 22% | - | 4% | 14 | 13% | 86 | 15% | 112 | 14% | 7% | -10% | |
Total | 33,741 | 54% | 17,051 | 53% | 40,931 | 51% | 439,528 | 63% | 531,251 | 61% | -8% | -9% |
Vaccination uptake: age 6 months to 12 years
Māori | Pacific | Asian | Other | Total | Equity gap | ||||||||
count | % | count | % | count | % | count | % | count | % | Māori | Pacific | ||
Auckland | 270 | 3% | 458 | 4% | 2,759 | 10% | 2,140 | 8% | 5,627 | 8% | -6% | -5% | |
Bay of Plenty | 241 | 1% | 41 | 3% | 222 | 4% | 694 | 3% | 1,198 | 3% | -2% | 0% | |
Canterbury | 513 | 3% | 335 | 7% | 1,827 | 10% | 3,782 | 7% | 6,457 | 7% | -4% | -1% | |
Capital and Coast | 270 | 4% | 211 | 5% | 995 | 11% | 2,292 | 10% | 3,768 | 9% | -7% | -6% | |
Counties Manukau | 539 | 2% | 1,407 | 4% | 2,913 | 8% | 988 | 4% | 5,847 | 5% | -4% | -2% | |
Hawkes Bay | 186 | 2% | 75 | 4% | 101 | 4% | 354 | 3% | 716 | 2% | -1% | 1% | |
Hutt Valley | 215 | 3% | 68 | 3% | 499 | 9% | 757 | 7% | 1,539 | 6% | -4% | -5% | |
Lakes | 132 | 1% | 22 | 3% | 136 | 6% | 233 | 3% | 523 | 2% | -3% | -1% | |
MidCentral | 131 | 1% | 36 | 2% | 204 | 5% | 435 | 3% | 806 | 3% | -2% | -1% | |
Nelson Marlborough | 139 | 3% | 73 | 9% | 221 | 11% | 618 | 4% | 1,051 | 5% | -2% | 5% | |
Northland | 206 | 1% | 20 | 2% | 93 | 4% | 236 | 2% | 555 | 2% | -1% | 0% | |
South Canterbury | 20 | 1% | 40 | 8% | 56 | 6% | 163 | 3% | 279 | 3% | -2% | 5% | |
Southern | 264 | 3% | 107 | 5% | 361 | 6% | 1,455 | 4% | 2,187 | 4% | -2% | 0% | |
Tairawhiti | 66 | 1% | - | 0% | 26 | 6% | 72 | 2% | 164 | 2% | -2% | -3% | |
Taranaki | 149 | 2% | 41 | 9% | 125 | 7% | 474 | 4% | 789 | 4% | -2% | 5% | |
Waikato | 400 | 1% | 118 | 3% | 649 | 5% | 1,117 | 3% | 2,284 | 3% | -2% | 0% | |
Wairarapa | 42 | 2% | 31 | 11% | 65 | 14% | 186 | 4% | 324 | 4% | -3% | 6% | |
Waitemata | 403 | 3% | 306 | 3% | 3,894 | 11% | 2,364 | 5% | 6,967 | 6% | -5% | -5% | |
West Coast | 31 | 3% | - | 3% | 24 | 7% | 113 | 4% | 171 | 4% | -1% | -1% | |
Whanganui | 71 | 1% | 14 | 3% | 34 | 5% | 150 | 3% | 269 | 2% | -2% | 0% | |
Overseas / Unknown | - | 1% | - | 1% | 7 | 3% | 7 | 1% | 17 | 1% | -1% | 0% | |
Total | 4,289 | 2% | 3,408 | 4% | 15,211 | 9% | 18,630 | 5% | 41,538 | 5% | -4% | -2% |
Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+ years
![Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+ years](/assets/For-health-professionals/Data-and-statistics/Influenza/uptake-v3__ScaleWidthWzUwMF0.png)
![Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+ years](/assets/For-health-professionals/Data-and-statistics/Influenza/uptake-v3__ScaleWidthWzcyMF0.png)
![Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+ years](/assets/For-health-professionals/Data-and-statistics/Influenza/uptake-v3__ScaleWidthWzEwMDBd.png)
Vaccinations per week for all age groups
![Vaccinations per week for all age groups](/assets/For-health-professionals/Data-and-statistics/Influenza/vaccinations_by_week-v3__ScaleWidthWzUwMF0.png)
![Vaccinations per week for all age groups](/assets/For-health-professionals/Data-and-statistics/Influenza/vaccinations_by_week-v3__ScaleWidthWzcyMF0.png)
![Vaccinations per week for all age groups](/assets/For-health-professionals/Data-and-statistics/Influenza/vaccinations_by_week-v3__ScaleWidthWzEwMDBd.png)
Notes on report data:
- On 2 April 2024, the estimated population was changed to be sourced from AIR instead of the most recent Health Service User (HSU).
- Immunisation data is sourced from Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR) which includes migrated information from the COVID-19 Register (CIR) and National Immunisation Register (NIR) and collated weekly.
- Data captured on paper or systems other than AIR are not included.
- 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.
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