Children fully immunised at the age of 18 months in the Southern DHB, New Zealand

Number eligible: the number of children who turned one of the milestone ages in the reporting period.
Fully immunised for age: the number of eligible children who have completed all of their age appropriate immunisations by the time they turned the milestone age.
DHB: District Health Board. Boundaries can be found here: http://www.health.govt.nz/new-zealand-health-system/key-health-sector-organisations-and-people/district-health-boards/location-boundaries-map

Immunisation coverage is measured at ‘milestone ages’ using National Immunisation Register (NIR) data. The milestone ages are six months, eight months, 12 months (one year), 18 months, 24 months (two years), 54 months (four and a half years) and five years of age.
Please note that ethnic groups are assigned using the prioritised ethnicity methodology

Please find immunisation schedule: here https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/preventative-health-wellness/immunisation/new-zealand-immunisation-schedule

Coverage figures include Pneumococcal vaccine.

From 1 April 2024 the “opt-offs” category has been removed as the AIR only reports on “active individuals”.
From 2024, the “NZ European” and “Other” ethnic groups are merged into the “European or Other” group.

At URL provided, download '1 July to 30 June 2024' under the 'Immunisation coverage data – 12-month reporting period' heading.
Figure.nz have collected annual datasets since 2016 and appended them into one document.

This data shows the immunisation coverage for children who turned the milestone age during the 12 month reporting period between June 2016 to 2024, and who have completed their age appropriate immunisations.

From 2005 to 2023 immunisation coverage was measured using data from New Zealand’s National Immunisation Register (NIR). At the end of 2023, the NIR was retired and was replaced with the new Aotearoa Immunisation Register (AIR). The AIR captures a greater number of eligible tamariki compared to the NIR, which means a drop in coverage is expected.