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Indicator Report - 10 Leading Causes of Death by Age Group, New Mexico (Ranked by total number of deaths) 2008-2010
Why Is This Important?
Death rates by leading causes of death show areas where health improvement and prevention programs should be targeted to affect the most people.
Data Sources
New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.Other Views
- by Cause of Death, New Mexico 2010
- by Sex and Cause of Death, New Mexico 2010
- by Year, New Mexico (Ranked by total number of deaths) 2000-2010
- by Race and Ethnicity, New Mexico (Ranked by total number of deaths) 2010
Definition
Death rates for the leading causes of death are the number of deaths from each cause per 100,000 New Mexico population, age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population, and ranked according to the age-adjusted death rate.How We Calculated the Rates
| Numerator: | Number of deaths from the specified cause |
| Denominator: | Total population |
Page Content Updated On 10/03/2011,
Published on 06/14/2012
