Flu vaccine data

Last updated: 23 November 2022

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• Total vaccinations
• Vaccination uptake: age 65+
• Vaccination uptake: age 55 to 64
• Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+
• All vaccinations by week and ethnicity

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Data is collected from the National Immunisation Register and the National Immunisation system and collated weekly. It is collected from two systems due to the variety of providers that administer flu vaccinations and the associated system compatibility.

Total vaccinations

	Māori	Pacific	NMNP	Total
12 November to 18 November	89	102	442	633
Total year to date	114,160	65,524	1,113,051	1,292,735

Definitions

• NMNP: Non-Māori, non-Pacific - an Ethnicity grouping containing all ethnicities other than Māori and Pacific Peoples. Includes Pākehā / NZ European, Asian, Other and Unknown.

Vaccination uptake: age 65+

	Māori	Māori %	Pacific	Pacific %	NMNP	NMNP %	Total	Total %
Auckland	1,467	67.9%	3,204	64.5%	39,607	69.6%	44,278	69.1%
Bay of Plenty	3,448	65.9%	192	60.4%	34,438	73.1%	38,078	72.3%
Canterbury	2,220	77.5%	655	70.3%	72,125	78.6%	75,000	78.5%
Capital and Coast	1,426	71.3%	1,465	69.1%	29,395	74.2%	32,286	73.8%
Counties Manukau	3,077	67.6%	7,137	66.4%	37,492	67.6%	47,706	67.4%
Hawkes Bay	2,324	67.9%	272	69.6%	22,173	75.5%	24,769	74.7%
Hutt Valley	1,033	68.1%	750	69.6%	14,744	72.7%	16,527	72.2%
Lakes	1,925	63.5%	131	58.0%	10,462	65.8%	12,518	65.3%
MidCentral	1,573	69.0%	271	66.6%	23,178	74.0%	25,022	73.6%
Nelson Marlborough	777	70.8%	93	73.8%	24,300	71.7%	25,170	71.7%
Northland	3,938	63.7%	212	64.0%	22,596	66.2%	26,746	65.8%
South Canterbury	236	69.4%	24	68.6%	9,935	75.5%	10,195	75.3%
Southern	1,478	71.5%	296	72.4%	40,006	71.0%	41,780	71.0%
Tairāwhiti	1,654	69.7%	52	64.2%	3,854	67.6%	5,560	68.2%
Taranaki	1,049	69.9%	60	66.7%	15,439	72.8%	16,548	72.5%
Waikato	3,956	62.7%	638	62.1%	45,026	68.7%	49,620	68.1%
Wairarapa	435	66.8%	58	71.6%	7,725	75.2%	8,218	74.7%
Waitematā	1,884	65.6%	2,184	58.6%	57,499	67.1%	61,567	66.7%
West Coast	205	69.0%	14	77.8%	4,538	68.1%	4,757	68.2%
Whanganui	1,141	75.6%	88	77.2%	9,773	79.7%	11,002	79.2%
Overseas / Unknown	108	83.1%	89	141.3%	1,164	110.9%	1,361	109.5%
Total	35,354	67.5%	17,885	65.5%	525,469	71.6%	578,708	71.2%

HSU 20/21 FY used as denominator for uptake statistics.

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Vaccination uptake: age 55 to 64

	Māori	Māori %	Pacific	Pacific %	NMNP	NMNP %	Total	Total %
Auckland	1,397	41.4%	2,471	43.6%	16,215	35.6%	20,083	36.8%
Bay of Plenty	2,163	35.3%	152	41.4%	8,683	32.5%	10,998	33.1%
Canterbury	1,787	44.5%	522	42.1%	25,165	37.9%	27,474	38.4%
Capital and Coast	1,380	46.8%	982	44.1%	13,663	44.1%	16,025	44.3%
Counties Manukau	2,688	39.0%	5,568	43.1%	12,936	29.7%	21,192	33.4%
Hawkes Bay	1,621	37.8%	211	43.2%	6,346	35.0%	8,178	35.7%
Hutt Valley	857	38.1%	493	43.6%	5,728	37.2%	7,078	37.7%
Lakes	1,319	33.1%	116	38.5%	2,808	27.5%	4,243	29.3%
MidCentral	1,060	35.8%	199	46.0%	6,132	30.6%	7,391	31.5%
Nelson Marlborough	623	42.4%	83	42.8%	6,806	31.2%	7,512	32.0%
Northland	2,633	35.6%	124	34.3%	5,348	26.1%	8,105	28.7%
South Canterbury	168	41.7%	23	45.1%	2,854	34.2%	3,045	34.6%
Southern	1,068	40.1%	206	42.3%	14,356	35.5%	15,630	35.8%
Tairāwhiti	964	35.5%	65	50.8%	1,168	33.1%	2,197	34.5%
Taranaki	719	36.5%	43	34.1%	4,394	31.0%	5,156	31.7%
Waikato	2,941	34.9%	454	40.9%	12,563	29.7%	15,958	30.8%
Wairarapa	336	41.9%	48	46.6%	1,944	30.8%	2,328	32.3%
Waitematā	1,623	35.6%	1,549	36.4%	19,466	30.2%	22,638	30.9%
West Coast	176	37.2%	9	45.0%	1,365	26.2%	1,550	27.2%
Whanganui	805	45.7%	78	48.4%	2,678	35.1%	3,561	37.3%
Overseas / Unknown	175	81.4%	128	119.6%	1,282	125.7%	1,585	118.1%
Total	26,503	38.0%	13,524	42.4%	171,900	33.5%	211,927	34.5%

HSU 20/21 FY used as denominator for uptake statistics.

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Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+

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Vaccinations per week by ethnicity for all age groups

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Notes on report data

1. Data is collected from National Immunisation Register and Covid19 immunisation Register and collated weekly.
2. Coverage statistics are based on HSU 20/21 FY.
3. Data captured on paper or systems other than NIR/CIR are not included.