Transfer letter H2023022245.pdf

133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000

21 March 2023

P Mckenna

By email:  [FYI request #22182 email]
Ref:
H2023022245

Tēnā koe

Transfer of 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 21 March 2023. You requested:

“1) the number of hospital admissions for each of the following conditions for the year
2021

1. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
    2. Acute kidney injury
    3. Acute liver injury
    4. Acute respiratory disease
    5. Anaphylaxis
    6. Anosmia and ageusia
    7. Arrythmia
    8. Arterial thrombosis
    9. Aseptic meningitis
    10. Cerebral venous thrombosis
    11. Chilblain-like lesions
    12. Coagulation disorder
    13. Coronary artery disease
    14. Diabetes mellitus
    15. Encephalitis
    16. Erythema multiforme
    17. Generalised convulsion
    18. Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes
    19. Heart failure
    20. Idiopathic thrombocytopenia
    21. Lower limb venous thrombosis
    22. Meningoencephalitis
    23. Microangiopathy
    24. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome
    25. Myelitis
    26. Myocarditis

    27. Narcolepsy
    28. Other venous thrombosis
    29. Pericarditis
    30. Peripheral facial nerve palsy
    31. Pregnancy thrombosis
    32. Pulmonary embolism
    33. Single organ cutaneous vasculitis
    34. Splanchnic thrombosis
    35. Stress cardiomyopathy
    36. Sudden death
    37. Thrombocytopenia
    38. Venous thromboembolism
    39. Zoster (shingles)

2) The number of each of the above that occurred in persons after reception of 1 or more
doses of Covid-19 vaccines for the year 2021. For clarity, if a person received dose 1 on
March 1st , then the risk window (exposure period) would be  March 1st to December 31st
. If a person received dose 1 on December 1, then the risk window will be December 1st -
December 31st.
3) The number of each of the above that occurred within 7 days of date of dose 1
4) The number of each of the above that occurred within 7 days of date of dose 2
(Note, for items 3 and 4 I realise that since vaccination status is recorded as it was 7 days
prior to hospital admission these may not show up as ‘vaccinated’ and there may not be a
way to extract them from the data. If this is the case-please confirm as much)
5) The number of each of the above that occurred 8 and 21 days of date of dose 1
6) The number of each of the above that occurred 8 and 21 days of date of dose 2
7) The total number of all hospital admissions for any cause in 2021”

Information on hospital admissions is held by Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand. For this
reason, I have transferred your request to Te Whatu Ora under section 14(b)(i) of the Act. You
can expect a response from Te Whatu Ora in due course.

You might also be interested in the range of data and statistics published by Te Whatu Ora,
which can be found at: www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-health-system/data-and-statistics/

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.

Nāku noa, na

Elisabeth Brunt
Group Manager Government Services
Government and Executive Services | Te Pou Whakatere Kāwanatanga

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COPY OF OIA REQUEST

From: P McKenna <[FYI request #22182 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 21 March 2023 08:04
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - New Zealand Hospital Admissions in 2021

Dear Ministry of Health,
Thankyou for your reply to OIA HNZ00011430
Could you please supply the following information

1) the number of hospital admissions for each of the following conditions for the year 2021

1. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
    2. Acute kidney injury
    3. Acute liver injury
    4. Acute respiratory disease
    5. Anaphylaxis
    6. Anosmia and ageusia
    7. Arrythmia
    8. Arterial thrombosis
    9. Aseptic meningitis
    10. Cerebral venous thrombosis
    11. Chilblain-like lesions
    12. Coagulation disorder
    13. Coronary artery disease
    14. Diabetes mellitus
    15. Encephalitis
    16. Erythema multiforme
    17. Generalised convulsion
    18. Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes
    19. Heart failure
    20. Idiopathic thrombocytopenia
    21. Lower limb venous thrombosis
    22. Meningoencephalitis
    23. Microangiopathy
    24. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome
    25. Myelitis
    26. Myocarditis
    27. Narcolepsy
    28. Other venous thrombosis
    29. Pericarditis
    30. Peripheral facial nerve palsy
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    31. Pregnancy thrombosis
    32. Pulmonary embolism
    33. Single organ cutaneous vasculitis
    34. Splanchnic thrombosis
    35. Stress cardiomyopathy
    36. Sudden death
    37. Thrombocytopenia
    38. Venous thromboembolism
    39. Zoster (shingles)

2) The number of each of the above that occurred in persons after reception of 1 or more doses
of Covid-19 vaccines for the year 2021. For clarity, if a person received dose 1 on March 1st ,
then the risk window (exposure period) would be  March 1st to December 31st . If a person
received dose 1 on December 1, then the risk window will be December 1st -December 31st.

3) The number of each of the above that occurred within 7 days of date of dose 1

4) The number of each of the above that occurred within 7 days of date of dose 2

(Note, for items 3 and 4 I realise that since vaccination status is recorded as it was 7 days prior
to hospital admission these may not show up as ‘vaccinated’ and there may not be a way to
extract them from the data. If this is the case-please confirm as much)

5) The number of each of the above that occurred 8 and 21 days of date of dose 1

6) The number of each of the above that occurred 8 and 21 days of date of dose 2

7) The total number of all hospital admissions for any cause in 2021

Yours faithfully,

P McKenna

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