Flu vaccine data

Last updated: 10 February 2023

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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
19 November to 25 November	135	104	415	654
Total year to date	114,328	65,724	1,113,612	1,293,664

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	1,469	67.9%	3,208	64.6%	39,613	69.6%	44,290	69.2%
Bay of Plenty	3,448	65.9%	192	60.4%	34,442	73.1%	38,082	72.3%
Canterbury	2,219	77.4%	655	70.3%	72,127	78.6%	75,001	78.5%
Capital and Coast	1,427	71.4%	1,466	69.2%	29,397	74.2%	32,290	73.8%
Counties Manukau	3,077	67.6%	7,145	66.5%	37,504	67.7%	47,726	67.5%
Hawkes Bay	2,324	67.9%	272	69.6%	22,176	75.6%	24,772	74.7%
Hutt Valley	1,033	68.1%	750	69.6%	14,745	72.7%	16,528	72.2%
Lakes	1,927	63.6%	131	58.0%	10,463	65.8%	12,521	65.4%
MidCentral	1,573	69.0%	271	66.6%	23,181	74.1%	25,025	73.6%
Nelson Marlborough	777	70.8%	93	73.8%	24,301	71.7%	25,171	71.7%
Northland	3,942	63.8%	213	64.4%	22,606	66.2%	26,761	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%	40,007	71.0%	41,781	71.0%
Tairāwhiti	1,654	69.7%	52	64.2%	3,854	67.6%	5,560	68.2%
Taranaki	1,049	69.9%	61	67.8%	15,439	72.8%	16,549	72.6%
Waikato	3,962	62.8%	639	62.2%	45,025	68.7%	49,626	68.1%
Wairarapa	435	66.8%	58	71.6%	7,725	75.2%	8,218	74.7%
Waitematā	1,885	65.7%	2,187	58.6%	57,517	67.1%	61,589	66.7%
West Coast	205	69.0%	14	77.8%	4,539	68.2%	4,758	68.2%
Whanganui	1,141	75.6%	88	77.2%	9,772	79.7%	11,001	79.2%
Overseas / Unknown	108	83.1%	89	141.3%	1,166	111.0%	1,363	109.7%
Total	35,369	67.5%	17,904	65.6%	525,534	71.6%	578,807	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	1,398	41.4%	2,476	43.6%	16,226	35.6%	20,100	36.8%
Bay of Plenty	2,165	35.3%	152	41.4%	8,684	32.5%	11,001	33.1%
Canterbury	1,787	44.5%	525	42.3%	25,176	38.0%	27,488	38.4%
Capital and Coast	1,380	46.8%	982	44.1%	13,667	44.1%	16,029	44.3%
Counties Manukau	2,688	39.0%	5,581	43.2%	12,944	29.7%	21,213	33.5%
Hawkes Bay	1,623	37.8%	211	43.2%	6,349	35.0%	8,183	35.7%
Hutt Valley	859	38.2%	493	43.6%	5,729	37.2%	7,081	37.7%
Lakes	1,320	33.2%	116	38.5%	2,808	27.5%	4,244	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%	6,807	31.2%	7,513	32.0%
Northland	2,634	35.6%	124	34.3%	5,348	26.1%	8,106	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%	14,361	35.5%	15,635	35.8%
Tairāwhiti	964	35.5%	65	50.8%	1,168	33.1%	2,197	34.5%
Taranaki	719	36.5%	43	34.1%	4,395	31.0%	5,157	31.7%
Waikato	2,944	34.9%	455	41.0%	12,564	29.7%	15,963	30.8%
Wairarapa	337	42.1%	48	46.6%	1,944	30.8%	2,329	32.3%
Waitematā	1,625	35.7%	1,551	36.4%	19,474	30.2%	22,650	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%	1,286	126.1%	1,589	118.4%
Total	26,518	38.0%	13,548	42.5%	171,959	33.5%	212,025	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.