National Influenza Vaccine Data

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 | Healthify. Our reporting is focussed on the 2024 funded age groups.

Total vaccinations

	Māori	Pacific	Asian	Other	Total
Week: 15 July to 21 July	1,082	684	1,830	5,474	9,070
Total Vaccinations 6M-12 years (YTD)	4,092	3,233	15,292	18,314	40,931
Total Vaccinations 65+ years (YTD)	33,497	16,813	40,019	439,217	529,546
Total Vaccinations (YTD)	89,672	53,554	165,668	804,542	1,113,436

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 21 July 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	4,925	8,305	31,879	61,453	106,562
Bay of Plenty	6,973	739	3,223	45,352	56,287
Canterbury	7,347	2,939	16,391	127,387	154,064
Capital and Coast	5,496	4,029	12,850	66,635	89,010
Counties Manukau	8,850	20,582	32,714	42,948	105,094
Hawkes Bay	5,308	1,080	1,894	30,562	38,844
Hutt Valley	3,442	2,008	5,722	26,995	38,167
Lakes	4,177	439	1,499	14,950	21,065
MidCentral	3,711	865	2,992	33,705	41,273
Nelson Marlborough	2,234	844	1,856	36,733	41,667
Northland	6,848	469	1,408	26,830	35,555
South Canterbury	653	233	675	14,383	15,944
Southern	4,413	1,391	5,218	69,378	80,400
Tairāwhiti	2,792	276	356	4,933	8,357
Taranaki	2,709	346	1,408	24,158	28,621
Waikato	9,855	2,115	9,575	66,379	87,924
Wairarapa	1,032	200	376	10,311	11,919
Waitematā	6,082	6,251	34,816	82,434	129,583
West Coast	520	68	266	6,635	7,489
Whanganui	2,281	314	471	12,167	15,233
Overseas / Unknown	24	61	79	214	378
Total	89,672	53,554	165,668	804,542	1,113,436

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	1,460	55%	2,942	51%	9,191	50%	26,558	61%	40,151	57%	-3%	-7%
Bay of Plenty	3,198	53%	191	54%	577	44%	29,476	62%	33,442	61%	-9%	-8%
Canterbury	2,243	61%	587	52%	2,862	51%	64,449	69%	70,141	68%	-7%	-16%
Capital and Coast	1,417	61%	1,303	55%	2,661	55%	26,107	70%	31,488	67%	-7%	-12%
Counties Manukau	2,809	54%	6,656	52%	9,693	50%	23,332	58%	42,490	55%	-1%	-3%
Hawkes Bay	1,990	50%	209	47%	313	44%	18,814	64%	21,326	62%	-13%	-16%
Hutt Valley	1,069	57%	745	59%	1,288	53%	12,473	67%	15,575	64%	-8%	-6%
Lakes	1,940	53%	142	52%	248	45%	9,421	60%	11,751	58%	-7%	-8%
MidCentral	1,518	55%	241	50%	704	53%	19,946	64%	22,409	62%	-8%	-14%
Nelson Marlborough	819	58%	83	49%	200	51%	22,461	64%	23,563	63%	-5%	-14%
Northland	3,188	45%	185	48%	265	43%	18,748	53%	22,386	52%	-8%	-6%
South Canterbury	250	63%	24	50%	63	44%	8,920	67%	9,257	66%	-4%	-16%
Southern	1,460	56%	270	54%	498	47%	36,034	61%	38,262	61%	-5%	-7%
Tairāwhiti	1,297	48%	34	37%	43	48%	2,925	52%	4,299	50%	-4%	-15%
Taranaki	1,062	57%	50	50%	184	53%	14,081	64%	15,377	63%	-6%	-14%
Waikato	3,813	51%	607	50%	1,795	46%	39,076	60%	45,291	58%	-9%	-9%
Wairarapa	406	53%	62	60%	73	54%	6,602	61%	7,143	60%	-8%	-1%
Waitematā	1,939	53%	2,208	50%	9,036	47%	43,235	59%	56,418	56%	-3%	-6%
West Coast	211	59%	13	57%	29	51%	3,955	56%	4,208	56%	4%	1%
Whanganui	1,028	59%	91	57%	85	47%	8,030	63%	9,234	63%	-5%	-6%
Overseas / Unknown	7	17%	-	4%	13	12%	85	15%	108	14%	3%	-10%
Total	33,124	53%	16,646	52%	39,821	49%	434,728	62%	524,319	60%	-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	246	3%	430	4%	2,644	10%	2,029	8%	5,349	7%	-6%	-5%
Bay of Plenty	217	1%	33	2%	206	4%	647	3%	1,103	2%	-2%	-1%
Canterbury	487	3%	336	7%	1,748	10%	3,604	7%	6,175	7%	-4%	0%
Capital and Coast	257	3%	197	4%	945	10%	2,167	9%	3,566	8%	-6%	-5%
Counties Manukau	492	2%	1,260	4%	2,747	7%	933	4%	5,432	5%	-4%	-2%
Hawkes Bay	163	1%	69	4%	92	4%	322	2%	646	2%	-1%	1%
Hutt Valley	198	3%	65	2%	464	8%	684	6%	1,411	5%	-4%	-4%
Lakes	125	1%	21	3%	128	6%	223	3%	497	2%	-2%	-1%
MidCentral	120	1%	34	2%	195	5%	401	3%	750	2%	-2%	-1%
Nelson Marlborough	134	3%	73	9%	207	10%	582	4%	996	4%	-1%	5%
Northland	184	1%	18	2%	92	4%	225	2%	519	1%	-1%	0%
South Canterbury	18	1%	38	7%	51	6%	160	3%	267	3%	-2%	4%
Southern	183	2%	90	4%	303	5%	1,194	4%	1,770	4%	-2%	0%
Tairāwhiti	56	1%	-	0%	20	5%	60	2%	136	1%	-2%	-2%
Taranaki	142	2%	41	9%	120	7%	445	3%	748	3%	-2%	5%
Waikato	346	1%	108	3%	605	5%	1,045	3%	2,104	3%	-2%	0%
Wairarapa	35	1%	27	10%	61	13%	178	4%	301	4%	-3%	5%
Waitematā	376	3%	277	2%	3,700	10%	2,219	5%	6,572	6%	-4%	-4%
West Coast	31	3%	-	3%	25	8%	112	3%	171	4%	-1%	-1%
Whanganui	61	1%	14	3%	31	4%	144	3%	250	2%	-2%	0%
Overseas / Unknown	-	1%	-	1%	7	3%	8	1%	18	1%	-1%	0%
Total	3,872	2%	3,136	4%	14,391	8%	17,382	5%	38,781	5%	-4%	-2%

Vaccination uptake over time: age 65+ years

Vaccinations per week for all age groups

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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