Complete Indicator Profile of 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.

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.

Other Objectives

New Mexico's Community Health Status Indicators

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.

How Do We Compare With U.S.?

The average motor vehicle traffic crash death rate in New Mexcio was 1.4 times higher than the national rate from 1999 through 2006.



Graphical Data Views

Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Death Rates, New Mexico and U.S. 1999-2009 (U.S., 1999-2007)

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New Mexico vs. U.S. Year Deaths per 100,000 Population Lower Limit Upper Limit Numerator Denominator
New Mexico 1999 20.5 18.4 22.6 364 1,808,082
New Mexico 2000 21.8 19.7 24.0 394 1,825,888
New Mexico 2001 21.3 19.2 23.4 389 1,852,740
New Mexico 2002 20.0 18.0 22.0 377 1,876,287
New Mexico 2003 20.9 18.8 23.0 395 1,899,846
New Mexico 2004 23.0 20.9 25.2 444 1,929,713
New Mexico 2005 21.4 19.4 23.5 428 1,968,347
New Mexico 2006 22.0 19.9 24.1 442 2,010,787
New Mexico 2007 17.6 15.8 19.5 364 2,053,923
New Mexico 2008 15.9 14.2 17.6 333 2,080,048
New Mexico 2009 15.2 13.5 16.9 315 2,098,266
U.S. 1999 14.7
U.S. 2000 14.9
U.S. 2001 14.8
U.S. 2002 15.2
U.S. 2003 14.8
U.S. 2004 14.7
U.S. 2005 14.6
U.S. 2006 14.5
U.S. 2007 13.8
Record Count: 20

Data Notes

The rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 standard US population.

Data Sources

New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.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.Population Source: Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) Population Estimates, University of New Mexico. http://www.unm.edu/~bber/.



Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Death Rates by County 2005-2009

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County Deaths per 100,000 Population Lower Limit Upper Limit Numerator Denominator
Bernalillo 12.8 11.6 14 419 3,194,860
Catron 27.8 0 55.7 6 19,371
Chaves 23.1 17.7 28.5 72 317,653
Cibola 28.9 20.1 37.8 42 143,843
Colfax 15.9 6.3 25.5 12 72,853
Curry 17.8 12.4 23.1 43 235,040
De Baca 80.9 17.9 144 8 11,390
Dona Ana 10 8 11.9 104 1,017,404
Eddy 24.4 18 30.7 59 263,714
Grant 14.9 8.6 21.2 23 159,595
Guadalupe 31 9.2 52.8 8 24,028
Harding 0 0 0 0 4,029
Hidalgo 26.4 6.3 46.4 7 29,907
Lea 30.1 23.8 36.4 89 293,682
Lincoln 15.6 7.7 23.5 17 113,773
Los Alamos 6.5 1.6 11.4 7 99,808
Luna 29.2 20.1 38.3 41 139,074
McKinley 38.1 31.6 44.5 143 398,685
Mora 15.9 0 34.7 3 27,572
Otero 9.3 6 12.6 31 332,246
Quay 18.6 6 31.1 9 51,193
Rio Arriba 34.4 26.5 42.3 74 219,102
Roosevelt 16.4 8.1 24.6 16 95,327
Sandoval 14 10.9 17 85 600,525
San Juan 27.5 23.3 31.6 176 644,433
San Miguel 24.5 16.8 32.3 39 155,106
Santa Fe 17.8 14.7 20.8 133 734,923
Sierra 10.3 3.6 17 10 69,297
Socorro 32.2 20.7 43.7 31 93,753
Taos 37.9 27.7 48.1 56 161,412
Torrance 34.6 21.7 47.5 29 90,583
Union 26.7 4.9 48.4 6 22,160
Valencia 23.1 18.1 28.1 84 375,030
NM 18.3 17.5 19.1 1,882 10,211,371
US 13.8 42,031 301,579,895
Record Count: 35

The "Quartile" map, above, assigns geographic areas to four groups, each with roughly the same number of areas. For instance, for New Mexico counties, three of the four groups will have eight counties and a fourth group will have nine counties. Group membership and map color are based on the rank order of area rates, from the lowest rate to the highest. The first quartile (the first 25%) is the lightest color and consists of areas with the lowest rates. Areas with the darkest color have the highest rates. Percentile maps such as this assign 25% of the areas to the "highest" category, even when area rates are very close. In other words, just because an area is in the "highest" category doesn't necessarily mean that the rate is significantly higher than a county in the next lower quartile.

Data Notes

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.



Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Death Rates by Race/Ethnicity 2000-2004 and 2005-2009

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Race Deaths per 100,000 Population Lower Limit Upper Limit Note Numerator Denominator
Record Count: 18

Data Notes

The rates were age-adjusted to the 2000 standard US population.

Data Sources

New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.


Page Content Updated On 03/17/2011, Published on 06/23/2011
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