Actual percentage of eligible people vaccinated against Covid-19 in New Zealand
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From: Greg Keen
Dear Ministry of Health,
On 26/02/22, 1 News reported that the official statistics providing the percentage of New Zealanders who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 only include persons who have have interacted with health services over a 12 month period, despite these figures continually being referred to as a percentage of the 'total eligible population'.
Please provide the following information.
At time of request, the total percentage of people who have received only one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand, including all eligible people (not excluding any people in New Zealand above the age of 5 years old for any reason other than an official vaccine exemption granted by the Ministry). Please include the actual total number of people eligible and the number of people vaccinated to demonstrate how this percentage was calculated.
At time of request, the total percentage of people who have received only two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand, including all eligible people (not excluding any people in New Zealand above the age of 5 years old for any reason other than an official vaccine exemption granted by the Ministry). Please include the actual total number of people eligible and the number of people vaccinated to demonstrate how this percentage was calculated.
At time of request, the total percentage of people who have received three doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand, including all eligible people (not excluding any people in New Zealand above the age of 5 years old for any reason other than an official vaccine exemption granted by the Ministry). Please include the actual total number of people eligible and the number of people vaccinated to demonstrate how this percentage was calculated.
I would expect this information to be freely available to the Ministry, however, if there is any reason you are unable to provide these figures based on actual eligible people in New Zealand, please provide these percentages based on the total number of people who hold an NHI number.
Yours faithfully,
Greg Keen
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Tçnâ koe Greg
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 28 February 2022 for:
“At time of request, the total percentage of people who have received only
one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand, including all eligible
people (not excluding any people in New Zealand above the age of 5 years
old for any reason other than an official vaccine exemption granted by the
Ministry). Please include the actual total number of people eligible and
the number of people vaccinated to demonstrate how this percentage was
calculated.
At time of request, the total percentage of people who have received only
two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand, including all eligible
people (not excluding any people in New Zealand above the age of 5 years
old for any reason other than an official vaccine exemption granted by the
Ministry). Please include the actual total number of people eligible and
the number of people vaccinated to demonstrate how this percentage was
calculated.
At time of request, the total percentage of people who have received three
doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in New Zealand, including all eligible people
(not excluding any people in New Zealand above the age of 5 years old for
any reason other than an official vaccine exemption granted by the
Ministry). Please include the actual total number of people eligible and
the number of people vaccinated to demonstrate how this percentage was
calculated.
I would expect this information to be freely available to the Ministry,
however, if there is any reason you are unable to provide these figures
based on actual eligible people in New Zealand, please provide these
percentages based on the total number of people who hold an NHI number.”
Numbers of those who have received their first, second, third primary
doses, or booster doses, are publicly available on the Ministry’s website
here:
[1]www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-vaccine-data.
For your reference, Health system user (HSU) based population estimates
for calculating vaccine uptake rates are available in the downloadable
excel spreadsheet at the bottom of this page.
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review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be
contacted by email at: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
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