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/.
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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