Age and Vaccination Status of COVID-19 Deaths
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From: Ryno Steyn
Dear Ministry of Health,
As this information appears to be missing from your official COVID-19: Case demographics web page (https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-nove...), could you please provide the latest available dataset of the following:
Age and vaccination status of deaths where COVID-19 is officially coded as the underlying cause, where vaccination 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
This dataset should be similar to that already published and contain no personally identifiable information, with one notable difference - the deliniation of the existing reported category "Not fully vaccinated" into two distinct categories, "Unvaccinated" and "Single vaccinated".
Thank you for your assistance with this.
Yours faithfully,
Ryno Steyn
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Kia ora Ryno,
Thank you for your request for official information received on 24 May
2022 for:
"Age and vaccination status of deaths where COVID-19 is officially coded
as the underlying cause, where vaccination 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"
The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H202206885.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 22 June 2022, being 20
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Ngā mihi
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Tçnâ koe Ryno,
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 24 May 2022 for:
“Age and vaccination status of deaths where COVID-19 is officially coded
as the underlying cause, where vaccination 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
This dataset should be similar to that already published and contain no
personally identifiable information, with one notable difference - the
deliniation of the existing reported category "Not fully vaccinated" into
two distinct categories, "Unvaccinated" and "Single vaccinated".”
To protect the privacy of natural persons, including deceased persons, it
is not possible to provide a breakdown of deaths under investigation by
age and vaccination status. Therefore, this information is withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. I have considered the countervailing public
interest in making this decision and consider that it does not outweigh
the need to withhold at this time.
Vaccination status of deaths related to COVID-19 in Aotearoa is publicly
available at:
[1]www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-case-demographics.
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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services Team
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[4]Unite against COVID-19
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I am getting sick of the stock standard reply that they cant give vaccination status data as it would breech privacy. Your vaccination status is PRIVATE MEDICAL information. No one should know PRIVATE MEDICAL information of individuals unless they are their medical professional so why would it give anyone anymore clues to who the people are?
I have read so many requests for this information and this is the reply everytime.
Just supply the public with transparent, clear data.
From: Ryno Steyn
Dear OIA Requests,
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?
Yours sincerely,
Ryno Steyn
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Kia ora Ryno,
Thank you for your request for official information. The Ministry's
reference number for your request is: H202207777.
As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
endeavour to respond to your request no later than 20 working days after
the day your request was received. If you'd like to calculate the
timeframe, you can use the Ombudsman's online calculator
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Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic response, the Ministry is experiencing
significantly higher volumes of queries and requests for information. If
we are unable to respond to your request within this time frame, we will
notify you of an extension of that time frame.
If you have any queries related to this request, please do not hesitate to
get in touch.
Ngā mihi
OIA Services Team
[2]Ministry of Health information releases
[3]Unite against COVID-19
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From: Ryno Steyn <[FOI #19442 email]>
Sent: Friday, 10 June 2022 15:37
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Your request for official information (ref: H202206885)
Dear OIA Requests,
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?
Yours sincerely,
Ryno Steyn
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Tçnâ koe Ryno,
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the
Act) to the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) on 24 May 2022 for:
“Age and vaccination status of deaths where COVID-19 is officially coded
as the underlying cause, where vaccination 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
This dataset should be similar to that already published and contain no
personally identifiable information, with one notable difference - the
deliniation of the existing reported category "Not fully vaccinated" into
two distinct categories, "Unvaccinated" and "Single vaccinated".”
To protect the privacy of natural persons, including deceased persons, it
is not possible to provide a breakdown of deaths under investigation by
age and vaccination status. Therefore, this information is withheld under
section 9(2)(a) of the Act. I have considered the countervailing public
interest in making this decision and consider that it does not outweigh
the need to withhold at this time.
Vaccination status of deaths related to COVID-19 in Aotearoa is publicly
available at:
[1]www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-case-demographics.
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: [2][email address] or by calling 0800
802 602.
Ngâ mihi
OIA Services Team
[3]Ministry of Health information releases
[4]Unite against COVID-19
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Kia ora Ryno
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