Important Facts 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.

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.

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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Content updated: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:14:00 MDT