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27 February 2023
Lisa
By email: [FYI request #21508 email]
Ref:
H2023018980
Tēnā koe Lisa
Response to your request for official information Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū
Hauora (the Ministry of Health) on 3 January 2023 for information regarding COVID-19
vaccination status. You requested:
“… the age and vaccination status of deaths where covid was officially the cause of
death. Also can I please request a further breakdown of the 0-59 age group for both
deaths within 28 days and where covid was officially the cause of death to be 0-12
years and then in smaller brackets closer to 10 years as is provided in the over 59 year
age groups”
The information you have requested is provided in the tables below.
Table One: Age and COVID-19 vaccination status where COVID-19 is officially coded
as the underlying cause
Age Group
No doses
Partial
Primary course Boosted
Total
0 to 9
.s
.s
.s
.s
.s
10 to 19
.s
.s
.s
.s
.s
20 to 29
.s
.s
.s
.s
.s
30 to 39
.s
.s
.s
.s
6
40 to 49
.s
.s
.s
.s
9
50 to 59
15
.s
6
18
39
60 to 69
21
.s
27
57
108
70 to 79
42
.s
48
186
282
80 to 89
69
9
78
447
603
90+
63
12
42
396
513
Total
219
33
207
1104
1560
Table Two: Age and COVID-19 vaccination status of deaths within 28 days of being
reported as a case
Age Group
No doses
Partial
Primary course Boosted
Total
0 to 9
12
.s
.s
.s
12
10 to 19
.s
.s
.s
.s
9
20 to 29
.s
.s
12
9
27
30 to 39
6
.s
18
9
33
40 to 49
18
.s
21
36
81
50 to 59
30
.s
48
93
174
60 to 69
45
9
78
210
342
70 to 79
93
6
117
567
783
80 to 89
126
15
159
1080
1383
90+
96
18
102
801
1020
Total
432
57
564
2805
3861
Table Three: Age and COVID-19 vaccination status where COVID-19 is officially coded
as the underlying cause
Age Band
No doses
Partial
Primary course Boosted
Total
0-11
.s
.s
.s
.s
.s
12-19
.s
.s
.s
.s
.s
20-49
6
.s
.s
.s
15
50-59
15
.s
6
18
39
60-69
21
.s
27
57
108
70-79
42
.s
48
186
282
80-89
69
9
78
447
603
90+
63
12
42
396
513
Total
219
33
207
1104
1560
Table Four: Age and COVID-19 vaccination status where COVID-19 is officially coded
as the underlying cause
Age Band
No doses
Partial
Primary
Boosted
Total
course
0-11
.s
.s
.s
.s
.s
12-59
21
.s
12
21
57
60-69
21
.s
27
57
108
70-79
42
.s
48
186
282
80-89
69
9
78
447
603
90+
63
12
42
396
513
Total
219
33
207
1104
1560
Confidentiality methods
To avoid revealing sensitive information about potentially identifiable individuals in our data,
we apply two data confidentiality methods, perturbation, and suppression, to any data that is
not already released as exact counts on the Manatū Hauora website.
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Perturbation is the adding of random noise to data, for example, rounding up or rounding
down. Suppression is not providing data, where doing so could compromise confidentiality.
For data that is not already provided exactly on the website:
• All values between 1 and 5 are suppressed. This is represented in the table above as
.s.
• Zero values are provided exactly, except for in sensitive categories where a zero
value may be suppressed to protect other low values
• Values of 6 and above are perturbed using fixed random rounding to base 3 (FRR3).
This entails rounding values to neighbouring multiples of 3. For example, 11 may be
rounded to 12 or 9.
FRR3 is a best-practice confidentiality method recommended by Stats NZ. More information
about this is available at:
www.data.govt.nz/toolkit/privacy-and-security/understanding-data-
confidentiality/data-confidentiality-principles-and-methods-report/. 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
Manatū Hauora website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-
releases/responses-official-information-act-requests. Nāku noa, nā
Louise Karageorge
Group Manager, Intelligence, Surveillance and Knowledge Public Health Agency | Te Pou Hauora Tūmatanui
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