Table 4.

Schedule of vaccines as per the New Zealand National Immunisation Schedule during the study period from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2015.

Milestoneage	Rotavirus*	PCV†	DTaP-IPV-Hep B-Hib	Hib	DTaP-IPV	MMR
6 weeks	Dose 1	Dose 1	Dose 1	–	–	–
3 months	Dose 2	Dose 2	Dose 2	–	–	–
5 months	Dose 3	Dose 3	Dose 3	–	–	–
15 months	–	Dose 4†	–	Dose 4‡	–	Dose 1
4 years	–	–	–	–	Dose 4‡	Dose 2

*Introduced in 2014

^†Introduced in 2008

^‡Booster dose

PCV = Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; DTaP-IPV-Hep B-Hib = Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio-hepatitis B-Haemophilus influenzae type b; Hib = Haemophilus influenzae type b; DTaP-IPV = Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-polio; MMR = Measles-mumps-rubella