5 September 2024
Chris McCashin
[FYI request #27316 email]
Tēnā koe Chris
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00061151
Thank you for your email on 15 August 2024, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for
the following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act):
“Can you please tell me how many vaccines were given in each age group, number
of days after vaccine the person died”
Response
Please find attached,
HNZ00061151 Appendix RT-670, in response to your request.
Note that the data provided is all-cause mortality (including non-health related deaths such as
accidents) and is therefore any death that occurred within the requested time period.
Conclusions cannot be made or inferred on how the data relates to COVID-19 vaccination. For
other important information about the data, please refer to the ‘Summary’ page of the
appendix.
Also note that “count of deaths” fewer than six have been withheld under section 9(2)(a) of the
Act to protect privacy. In making this decision, I have considered the public interest and
determined that it does not outweigh the need to withhold.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or by phoning 0800 802 602.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, Health NZ may
proactively release a copy of this response on our website. All requester data, including your
name and contact details, will be removed prior to release.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Sara Freitag
Manager, Machinery of Government Support
National Public Health Services
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz
Health NZ, PO Box 793,
Wellington 6140, New Zealand