Valencia County Health Highlights: Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Death Rates

Injury: Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Deaths

Valencia County Compared to State


*Description of Dashboard Gauge

Description of the Dashboard Gauge

This "dashboard" type graphic is based on the community data on the right. It compares the community value on this indicator to the state overall value.
  • Excellent = The community's value on this indicator is BETTER than the state value, and the difference IS statistically significant.
  • Watch = The community's value is BETTER than state value, but the difference IS NOT statistically significant.
  • Improvement Needed = The community's value on this indicator is WORSE than the state value, but the difference IS NOT statistically significant.
  • Reason for Concern = The community's value on this indicator is WORSE than the state value, and the difference IS statistically significant.

The community value is considered statistically significantly different from the state value if the state value is outside the range of the community's 95% confidence interval. If the community's data or 95% confidence interval information is not available, a blank gauge image will be displayed with the message, "missing information."
NOTE: The labels used on the gauge graphic are meant to describe the community's status in plain language. The placement of the gauge needle is based solely on the statistical difference between the community and state values. When selecting priority health issues to work on, a community should take into account additional factors such as how much improvement could be made, the U.S. value, the statistical stability of the community number, the severity of the health condition, and whether the difference is clinically significant.

Why Is This Important?

Motor vehicle traffic crashes are the leading cause of injury death for people 1 to 34 years of age and people 55 to 64 years of age in New Mexico. Young people ages 15 to 24 years have the highest motor vehicle crash death rate.

How Are We Doing?

From 1999 through 2006, the motor vehicle traffic crash death rate in New Mexico remained relatively stable. The 2007 motor vehilcle traffic crash death rate in 2007 decreased 20% from the 2006 rate.

Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Death Rates by County, 2005-2009

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Valencia County 23.1
95% Confidence Interval

Description of 95% Confidence Interval

The confidence interval indicates the range of probable true values for the level of risk in the community.

A value of "DNA" (Data Not Available) will appear if the confidence interval was not published with the IBIS indicator data for this measure.

For more information on confidence intervals, visit the New Mexico IBIS confidence interval page at http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/resources/ConfidenceInterval.html.
(18.1 - 28.1)
Statistical Stability

Description of Statistical Stability

  • Stable = This count or rate is relatively stable and should provide a good estimate of your community risk.
  • Unstable = This count or rate is statistically unstable (RSE >0.30), and may fluctuate widely due to random variation (chance).
  • Very Unstable = This count or rate is extremely unstable (RSE >0.50). This value should not be used to represent your population risk. You should combine years or otherwise increase the population denominator in this calculation.
  • DNA = Data Not Available. The required community value and/or confidence interval was not available for this measure.

For more information on statistical stability, visit the New Mexico IBIS Reliability and Validity page at http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/resources/ReliabilityValidity.html.
Stable
New Mexico 18.3
U.S. 13.8

Note

Rates have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population. U.S. value is from 2007.

Data Sources

Population Source: Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) Population Estimates, University of New Mexico. http://www.unm.edu/~bber/.   Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) Data Source: National Center for Health Statics System for numbers of deaths. Census Bureau for population estimates.   New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey, New Mexico Department of Health and Public Education Department.  

Measure Description for Injury: Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Deaths

Definition: Motor vehicle traffic crash-related death rate is the number of deaths due to motor vehicle traffic crashes per 100,000 population.
Numerator: The number of motor vehicle traffic crash-related deaths per year
Denominator: The mid-year estimated population.
Click on this link to jump to the complete indicator profile report for Injury: Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Deaths (exits this community report).
Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 03/17/2011
Injury Epidemiology Unit, Epidemiology and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health, 1190 St. Francis Dr., Room N1105, P.O. Box 26110, Santa Fe, NM, 87502. Contact Glenda Hubbard, Epidemiologist, by telephone at (505) 476-3607 or email to Glenda.Hubbard@state.nm.us.
The information provided above is from the New Mexico Department of Health's NM-IBIS web site (http://ibis.health.state.nm.us). The information published on this website may be reproduced without permission. Please use the following citation: "Retrieved Sat, 25 May 2013 18:08:24 from New Mexico Department of Health, Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health Web site: http://ibis.health.state.nm.us".

Content updated: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:25:00 MDT