133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
8 June 2022
Ryno Steyn
By email: [FYI request #19442 email]
Ref:
H2022003905
Tēnā koe Ryno
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to the Ministry of
Health (the Ministry) on 10 June 2022. Each part of your request is responded to below.
“Altering the request and removing age as a criteria, would the ministry be
able provide a dataset of deaths where COVID-19 is officially coded as the
underlying cause, by vaccination status where this status is defined as:
Unvaccinated - having had no COVID-19 vaccinations
Single vaccinated - having had a single COVID-19 vaccination
Fully vaccinated - having had two COVID-19 vaccinations
Booster received - having had three or more COVID-19 vaccinations
In other words, the request is for 4 numbers totalling deaths for each status.
If not able to fulfil the request for these 4 numbers, could you explain how this sum total
per vaccination status could result in a breach of privacy of natural persons under 9(2)(a)
of the Act?”
The data below provides the vaccination status of deaths where COVID-19 is officially coded as
the underlying cause of death, as of 20 June 2022:
Vaccination Status
Number of deaths
No dose
139
Single dose
19
Fully Vaccinated
123
Received Booster
304
Total
585
I trust this information fulfils your request. Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to
ask the Ombudsman to review any decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may
be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Ministry website at
: www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-official-
information-act-requests.
Nāku noa, nā
Gill Hall
Group Leader, Intelligence, Surveillance and Knowledge
Public Health Agency, Ministry of Health
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