Age-adjusted to U.S. 2000 population. Diabetes deaths include those with ICD10 codes E10 - E14 and as underlying cause of
death.
** The rate for certain counties has been suppressed because the observed number of events is very small and not appropriate
for publication.
U.S. rate used for comparison is the preliminary 2008 rate.
Data Sources
New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.
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.
Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 11/15/2011
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