Indicator Report - Diabetes Deaths
Why Is This Important?
Diabetes is the 6th leading cause of death for New Mexicans and the 7th leading cause in the U.S. Diabetes complications, costly to individuals, families and to society, include premature death, cardiovascular disease, blindness, end stage kidney disease, and lower extremity amputations. People with diabetes are two to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease and stroke; about 65% of deaths in people with diabetes nationwide are due to these conditions. Costs of diabetes extend beyond medical costs, such as costs due to lower productivity, disability and loss of productive life due to premature death. Improvements are necessary at the individual, health system and societal levels to reverse the increasing rates of diabetes in our communities.Diabetes Deaths by Year, New Mexico 2000-2010 and U.S. 2000-2009
Data Notes
Age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 population. Diabetes deaths include those with ICD10 codes E10 - E14 and as underlying cause of death. A change to New Mexico's population estimates has caused an artificial increase in age-adjusted rates from 2006 to 2007. U.S. data for 2009 is preliminary.Data Sources
New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health. U.S. Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/.Other Views
- by Year, New Mexico 2000-2010 and U.S. 2000-2009
- by County, 2008 - 2010
- by Race/Ethnicity, 2008 - 2010
- Bernalillo County 2000 through 2010, Three-Year Averages
Definition
Diabetes deaths are the number of deaths attributed to diabetes per 100,000 people.How We Calculated the Rates
| Numerator: | Number of deaths among New Mexico residents, per year, due to diabetes as an underlying cause of death. |
| Denominator: | Estimated total number (population) of New Mexico residents in a specific year. |
Page Content Updated On 11/15/2011,
Published on 02/09/12
