Based on the response to an OIA, where HNZ has provided Mortality data by age group, it appears as though the number of infants (0-4 year old) may have more than doubled in 2022.
*UPDATE* This data has now been extended to October 2023, with the Vaccine rollout applied against it. There have been many claims that NZ had “zero excess mortality across the Covid pandemic”, most recently apparently from David Seymour, ACT MP/Leader and Epsom’s guy. tl;dr: for every 1,000 doses of vaccine, there have been 0.74 Excess…
General Theory/Outline Every Monday (excepting holidays, when it’s pushed out), the Ministry of Health provides the latest stats for Covid-related things. I used to focus solely on Deaths by Vaccination Status but now look at Cases, Hospitalisations and Deaths in NZ by Covid Vaccination Status. As the MoH data is generally presented as raw numbers,…
Vaccination Status NZ Vaccination Groups – By highest number of doses given All data for these graphs comes from https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-data-and-statistics/covid-19-vaccine-data and the StatsNZ Population Estimate of 5,151,600. NZ Vaccination Groups – By “Vaccinated Status”
Intro Recently, we have had the news that 2022 was NZ’s highest excess mortality in many years, at 10% more than the average over the last 5 year period. Here’s a graph from Excess mortality: Deaths from all causes compared to average over previous years, by age (ourworldindata.org) It clearly shows the over 65s are…