** Data for Colfax, De Baca, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Mora, Quay, Torrance and Union counties were suppressed because the small number
of cases in those counties produced statistically unstable results.
Data Sources
New Mexico Data Source, 2006 and later: New Mexico Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NM-EDSS), Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Bureau, New Mexico Department of Health.
The number of acute and chronic hepatitis B infections reported per 100,000 population
How We Calculated the Rates
Numerator:
The number of acute and chronic hepatitis B infections reported during the time period. For chronic hepatitis B, both probable
and confirmed cases have been included in these case counts. For acute hepatitis B, only confimed cases have been included,
as there are no probable, acute cases of hepatitis B according to the case definition.
Denominator:
Total estimated population by year (or for combined years)
Date Indicator Content Last Updated: 12/14/2010
Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bureau, HIV and Hepatitis Epidemiology Program, New Mexico Department of Health, Epidemiology and Response Division, Santa Fe, NM, 87502. Telephone: (505) 827-0006, Toll-Free
Reporting Number: 1-800-432-4404
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