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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: 08 April to 14 April 13,201 6,947 21,466 137,692 179,306
Total Vaccinations 6M-12 years (YTD) 467 456 2,224 2,077 5,224
Total Vaccinations 65+ years (YTD) 13,832 6,480 15,462 183,909 219,683
Total Vaccinations (YTD) 25,518 13,742 40,078 258,807 338,145

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 14 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 1,355 2,340 7,887 18,273 29,855
Bay of Plenty 2,525 197 904 18,337 21,963
Canterbury 1,832 596 3,572 39,690 45,690
Capital and Coast 1,418 1,035 2,812 19,391 24,656
Counties Manukau 2,507 5,380 8,515 14,657 31,059
Hawkes Bay 1,396 243 375 9,797 11,811
Hutt Valley 1,089 621 1,517 9,336 12,563
Lakes 1,291 124 302 4,506 6,223
MidCentral 977 168 641 10,912 12,698
Nelson Marlborough 661 199 469 13,392 14,721
Northland 1,903 117 280 7,556 9,856
South Canterbury 190 56 174 4,669 5,089
Southern 1,163 304 1,161 21,082 23,710
Tairāwhiti 780 36 92 1,362 2,270
Taranaki 743 60 236 7,553 8,592
Waikato 2,867 522 1,811 22,449 27,649
Wairarapa 345 53 71 3,721 4,190
Waitematā 1,624 1,605 9,103 26,397 38,729
West Coast 156 15 59 1,913 2,143
Whanganui 691 66 77 3,750 4,584
Overseas / Unknown 5 5 20 64 94
Total 25,518 13,742 40,078 258,807 338,145

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 642 24% 1,128 19% 3,428 19% 11,618 26% 16,816 24% 0% -5%
Bay of Plenty 1,482 24% 82 23% 251 19% 14,078 29% 15,893 29% -5% -6%
Canterbury 884 24% 228 20% 1,128 20% 27,625 29% 29,865 28% -5% -9%
Capital and Coast 637 27% 521 22% 968 20% 11,684 31% 13,810 29% -3% -8%
Counties Manukau 1,218 23% 2,517 19% 3,796 20% 10,427 25% 17,958 23% 0% -4%
Hawkes Bay 764 19% 83 19% 114 16% 7,396 25% 8,357 24% -6% -6%
Hutt Valley 520 27% 360 28% 588 24% 6,069 32% 7,537 31% -4% -3%
Lakes 832 22% 57 21% 89 16% 3,518 22% 4,496 22% 0% -2%
MidCentral 548 20% 96 20% 259 19% 8,020 25% 8,923 25% -5% -5%
Nelson Marlborough 358 25% 35 21% 75 19% 10,182 29% 10,650 28% -3% -8%
Northland 1,148 16% 67 17% 81 13% 5,971 17% 7,267 17% -1% 0%
South Canterbury 99 25% 8 17% 24 17% 3,352 25% 3,483 25% 0% -8%
Southern 584 22% 104 21% 200 19% 14,436 24% 15,324 24% -2% -4%
Tairāwhiti 482 17% 11 12% 16 18% 967 17% 1,476 17% 0% -5%
Taranaki 441 24% 17 17% 55 16% 5,568 25% 6,081 25% -1% -8%
Waikato 1,643 22% 269 22% 631 16% 17,158 26% 19,701 25% -4% -3%
Wairarapa 212 28% 29 28% 37 27% 2,936 27% 3,214 27% 1% 1%
Waitematā 777 21% 812 18% 3,661 19% 18,424 25% 23,674 23% -2% -5%
West Coast 88 24% 5 22% 9 16% 1,383 19% 1,485 20% 5% 2%
Whanganui 442 25% 33 21% 25 14% 2,833 22% 3,333 22% 3% -1%
Overseas / Unknown - 7% - 0% - 3% - 5% 36 5% 3% -5%
Total 13,804 22% 6,462 20% 15,438 19% 183,675 26% 219,379 25% -3% -5%

Vaccination uptake: age 6 months to 12 years

  Māori Pacific Asian Other Total Equity Gap
  count % count % count % count % count % (Māori) (Pacific)
Auckland 27 0% 82 1% 415 2% 257 1% 781 1% -1% -1%
Bay of Plenty 49 0% - 0% 38 1% - 0% 187 0% 0% 0%
Canterbury 58 0% 40 1% 263 1% 418 1% 779 1% -1% 0%
Capital and Coast 27 0% 16 0% 109 1% 239 1% 391 1% -1% -1%
Counties Manukau 61 0% 195 1% 470 1% 153 1% 879 1% -1% 0%
Hawkes Bay 16 0% 5 0% 11 0% 36 0% 68 0% 0% 0%
Hutt Valley 23 0% 9 0% 61 1% 107 1% 200 1% -1% -1%
Lakes 12 0% 5 1% 15 1% 16 0% 48 0% 0% 0%
MidCentral 9 0% - 0% 42 1% - 0% 96 0% 0% 0%
Nelson Marlborough 16 0% 21 3% 26 1% 78 1% 141 1% 0% 2%
Northland 19 0% - 0% 12 1% - 0% 63 0% 0% 0%
South Canterbury - 0% - 0% - 1% - 0% 25 0% 0% 0%
Southern 19 0% - 0% 27 0% - 0% 163 0% 0% 0%
Tairāwhiti 6 0% - 0% 5 1% - 0% 15 0% 0% 0%
Taranaki 22 0% 7 1% 15 1% 54 0% 98 0% 0% 1%
Waikato 33 0% 12 0% 82 1% 120 0% 247 0% 0% 0%
Wairarapa - 0% 5 2% - 0% 20 0% 31 0% 0% 1%
Waitematā 50 0% 47 0% 621 2% 246 1% 964 1% -1% -1%
West Coast - 0% - 1% - 0% - 0% 13 0% 0% 1%
Whanganui - 0% - 0% - 0% - 0% 23 0% 0% 0%
Overseas / Unknown - 0% - 1% - 0% - 0% - 0% 0% 0%
Total 467 0% 455 1% 2,218 1% 2,075 1% 5,215 1% -1% 0%

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.