Complete Indicator Profile of Injury: Unintentional Injury Deaths

Definition

Deaths due to all causes of unintentional injury

Numerator

Number of unintentional injury deaths. (ICD-10 codes V01-X59, Y85-Y86)

Denominator

The mid-year estimated population of New Mexico

Why Is This Important?

Between 1999 and 2010, unintentional injuries were consistently the leading cause of death among people 1 to 44 years of age in New Mexico. The number of unintentional injury deaths ranged from 891 in 1999 to 1,208 in 2010. Many more people are hospitalized, visit the emergency department, and visit physiciain offices or clinics for unintentional injuries each year.

Healthy People 2010 Objective 15.13:

Deaths from unintentional injuries - (age adjusted per 100,000 standard population)
U.S. Target for 2010: 17.5/100,000 population

Other Objectives

New Mexico's Community Health Status Indicators

How Do We Compare With U.S.?

From 1999 to 2006, unintentional injury death rates in New Mexico were higher than the national rates.



Related Indicators

Related Health Status Outcomes Indicator Profiles:




Graphical Data Views

Unintentional Injury Death Rates, New Mexico and 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 51.4 48.06 54.67 891 1,808,082
New Mexico 2000 53.6 50.25 56.97 944 1,825,888
New Mexico 2001 53.7 50.32 56.99 958 1,852,740
New Mexico 2002 57 53.54 60.37 1,039 1,876,287
New Mexico 2003 60.8 57.33 64.35 1,127 1,899,846
New Mexico 2004 60.3 56.79 63.72 1,137 1,929,713
New Mexico 2005 61.3 57.84 64.76 1,190 1,968,347
New Mexico 2006 63.9 60.43 67.41 1,265 2,010,787
New Mexico 2007 69.5 65.87 73.08 1,277 2,053,923
U.S. 1999 35.3
U.S. 2000 35
U.S. 2001 35.6
U.S. 2002 36.9
U.S. 2003 37.3
U.S. 2004 37.7
U.S. 2005 39.1
U.S. 2006 39.8
Record Count: 17

Data Notes

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population



Unintentional Injury Death Rates by County, New Mexico 2003-2007

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County Rate per 100,000 population Lower Limit Upper Limit Numerator Denominator
Bernalillo 60.7 57.92 63.42 1,854 3,077,312
Catron 84 42.45 125.49 17 18,694
Chaves 66.5 57.45 75.55 205 311,663
Cibola 78.6 63.92 93.19 106 140,808
Colfax 58.7 41.01 76.33 45 72,225
Curry 46.9 38.12 55.76 104 231,504
De Baca 118.7 55.35 182.09 14 11,344
Dona Ana 45.2 40.93 49.41 402 964,728
Eddy 63.9 54.21 73.6 164 261,080
Grant 61.6 49.31 73.79 102 157,826
Guadalupe 88.6 50.84 126.37 22 23,844
Harding 86.9 0 178.05 4 4,008
Hidalgo 38.6 16.28 60.95 11 29,731
Lea 63.8 54.56 73.07 178 286,122
Lincoln 62 47.16 76.79 67 108,447
Los Alamos 30.4 19.47 41.3 29 97,866
Luna 58.4 45.48 71.3 81 134,541
McKinley 100.3 90.4 110.23 333 391,629
Mora 84 49.44 118.45 22 27,065
Otero 40.6 33.68 47.58 129 322,773
Quay 54.8 34.42 75.08 34 50,873
Rio Arriba 105.3 91.56 119 215 214,508
Roosevelt 50.72 36.3 65.17 45 93,460
Sandoval 48.7 42.86 54.6 254 543,457
San Juan 78.43 71.51 85.34 461 629,350
San Miguel 77.3 63.44 91.24 122 153,744
Santa Fe 60.8 55.05 66.48 416 714,132
Sierra 63 44.17 81.75 52 68,467
Socorro 79.6 61.4 97.69 68 92,731
Taos 76.4 62.81 89.95 119 159,250
Torrance 87.8 68.41 107.19 70 89,608
Union 64 30.37 97.67 14 21,710
Valencia 70.1 61.4 78.73 234 358,115
NM 62.3 60.7 63.82 5,996 9,862,616
Record Count: 34

The counties are shaded according to whether the county rate is lower, higher, or the same as the New Mexico statewide overall rate. A county rate is considered statistically higher than the state overall if the lower limit of the county rate 95% confidence interval was higher than the state rate. A county rate is considered statistically lower than the state overall if the upper limit of the county rate 95% confidence interval was lower than the state rate.

Data Notes

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 Standard US Population



Unintentional Injury Death Rates by Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico 2003-2007

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Race Deaths per 100,000 Population Lower Limit Upper Limit Numerator Denominator
American Indian/Alaska Native 86.8 81.27 92.34 815 1,087,453
Asian/Pacific Islander 26.9 19.09 34.73 25 169,068
Black/African American 41.5 33.61 49.39 92 256,097
Hispanic 63.8 61.38 66.28 2,354 4,072,156
White 55.5 53.3 57.77 2,688 4,277,842
New Mexico 62.3 60.7 63.82 5,996 9,862,616
United States 38.9
Record Count: 7

Data Notes

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 Standard US Population.



Leading Causes of Unintentional Injury Death, New Mexico 2002-2006

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Causes of Injury Death
Motor Vehicle Crash 37.0%
Poisoning 26.4%
Fall 21.6%
Drowning 2.6%
Fire/Burn 2.0%
Natural/Environmental 1.9%
Other Land Transport 1.8%
Suffocation 1.8%
Other 4.8%
Record Count: 10

Page Content Updated On 12/11/2009, Published on 06/14/2012
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.
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