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Definition

Alcohol-related death is defined as the total number of deaths attributed to alcohol per 100,000 population, age-adjusted to the U.S 2000 Standard Population. The alcohol-related death rates reported here are based on definitions and alcohol-attributable fractions from the CDC's Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI) website [http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/ardi/Homepage.aspx].

Numerator

Number of alcohol-related deaths in New Mexico

Denominator

New Mexico Population

Data Interpretation Issues

According to the CDC's Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI) website [http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/ardi/Homepage.aspx], there are 54 causes of death considered to be at least partially attributable to alcohol. These include 35 alcohol-related chronic diseases (e.g., liver cirrhosis, alcohol dependence); and 19 alcohol-related injuries (e.g., motor vehicle crashes, poisonings, falls, homicide, suicide). Alcohol-related deaths are estimated by multiplying the total number of deaths in a cause-of-death category by the percent of deaths in that category that are considered to be caused by alcohol. This percent, the so-called alcohol attributable fraction (AAF), can vary from 100% for causes of death that are completely related to alcohol use (e.g., alcoholic liver disease, alcohol poisoning); to less than 100% for causes that are only sometimes related to alcohol use. For example, per CDC ARDI, the AAF for portal hypertension is 40%. This means that 40% of deaths from portal hypertension are considered to be caused by alcohol use. The AAF for homicide is 47% and for suicide is 23%. The AAF for alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes is age- and gender-specific, ranging from 49% for males ages 25-34 to 8% for females ages 65 and over. For more information on the AAFs used here see the CDC ARDI Methods webpage [http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/ardi/AboutARDIMethods.htm].

Why Is This Important?

The consequences of excessive alcohol use are severe in New Mexico. New Mexico's total alcohol-related death rate has ranked first, second, or third in the US since 1981; and 1st for the period 1997 through 2010 (the most recent year for which state comparison data are available). The negative consequences of excessive alcohol use in New Mexico are not limited to death but also include domestic violence, crime, poverty, and unemployment, as well as chronic liver disease, motor vehicle crash and other injuries, mental illness, and a variety of other medical problems. Nationally, one in ten deaths among working age adults (age 20-64) is attributable to alcohol. In New Mexico this ratio is one in six deaths.

Healthy People Objective: SA-20, Decrease the number of deaths attributable to alcohol

U.S. Target: 71,681 deaths

Other Objectives

Substance Abuse Epidemiology Report Indicator, New Mexico Community Health Status Indicator (CHSI)

Evidence-based Practices

There is a large body of evidence on effective strategies to prevent excessive alcohol use and alcohol-related harm. In the past decade, this evidence base has been the subject of numerous systematic expert reviews to assess the quality and consistency of the evidence for particular strategies; and to make recommendations based on this evidence. These expert reviews have recently been summarized by the NMDOH. The following list summarizes the evidence-based prevention strategies that are well-recommended by experts; and that could be more widely or completely implemented in New Mexico to reduce our alcohol-related problems: [http://ibis.health.state.nm.us/docs/Evidence/EvidenceBasedExcessiveAlcoholUsePrevention.pdf]. The following is a bit more information on prevention in general, and alcohol-related prevention in particular. Primary prevention attempts to stop a problem before it starts. In New Mexico, primary prevention of alcohol-related health problems has focused on regulating access to alcohol and altering the alcohol consumption behavior of high-risk populations. Regulatory efforts have included increasing the price of alcohol (shown to be effective in deterring alcohol use among adolescents), establishing a minimum legal drinking age, regulating the density of liquor outlets, and increasing penalties for buyers and servers of alcohol to minors. DWI-related law enforcement (e.g., sobriety checkpoints), when accompanied by media activity, can also be an important form of primary prevention, increasing the perceived risk of driving after drinking among the general population. Secondary prevention efforts try to detect and treat emergent cases before they cause harm. Screening and brief interventions (SBI) for adults in primary care settings is an evidence-based intervention to address problem drinking before it causes serious harm. Implementing this intervention more broadly in New Mexico primary care settings could help reduce our serious burden of alcohol-related chronic disease and injury. Tertiary prevention involves the treatment of individuals diagnosed with alcohol use disorders so they can recover to the highest possible level of health while minimizing the effects of the disease and preventing complications. According to the most recent estimates from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), [http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k7State/NewMexico.htm#Tabs], roughly 130,000 New Mexicans report past-year alcohol dependence or abuse, indicating an acute need for treatment. However, fewer than one in ten people in need of treatment receives it. Nationally, the most common reasons that people who need and seek treatment do not receive it are because: they have no health insurance and cannot afford the cost; they are concerned about the possible negative effect on their job; or they are not ready to stop using.

Available Services

Doctors, nurses and other health professionals should screen all adult patients and counsel those who drink too much to drink less. This is called alcohol screening and brief intervention (A-SBI). A-SBI can reduce how much alcohol a person drinks on an occasion by 25%. A-SBI is recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the Community Preventive Services Task Force (Community Guide), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the World Health Organization (WHO). For more information on A-SBI, please the CDC vital signs website: [http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/alcohol-screening-counseling/index.html].

Related Indicators

Related Relevant Population Characteristics Indicators:

Graphical Data Views

Alcohol-related Deaths by Year, New Mexico, 1990-2016

NM vs. U.S.	Year	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 71
New Mexico	1990	46.6	43.1	50.3	669	1,541,270
New Mexico	1991	46.2	42.7	49.9	677	1,569,738
New Mexico	1992	46.4	43	50	697	1,598,357
New Mexico	1993	44.2	40.9	47.7	679	1,626,900
New Mexico	1994	44.5	41.2	47.9	697	1,655,444
New Mexico	1995	45.1	41.8	48.5	719	1,683,987
New Mexico	1996	47.1	43.9	50.6	769	1,712,531
New Mexico	1997	45.7	42.5	49.1	763	1,741,074
New Mexico	1998	44.2	41.1	47.5	751	1,769,618
New Mexico	1999	45.2	42.1	48.5	783	1,798,161
New Mexico	2000	48.6	45.4	51.9	863	1,828,596
New Mexico	2001	47.7	44.6	51.1	862	1,851,525
New Mexico	2002	47.9	44.8	51.2	880	1,874,593
New Mexico	2003	50.5	47.3	53.9	945	1,897,658
New Mexico	2004	49.2	46.1	52.5	932	1,920,756
New Mexico	2005	48.6	45.5	51.8	938	1,943,827
New Mexico	2006	50.6	47.5	53.9	995	1,966,890
New Mexico	2007	54	50.8	57.4	1,079	1,989,996
New Mexico	2008	53.5	50.3	56.9	1,080	2,013,064
New Mexico	2009	50.5	47.5	53.8	1,040	2,036,124
New Mexico	2010	49.4	46.4	52.6	1,042	2,065,194
New Mexico	2011	53.5	50.4	56.8	1,144	2,083,725
New Mexico	2012	54.4	51.3	57.7	1,173	2,091,432
New Mexico	2013	53	49.9	56.3	1,149	2,095,156
New Mexico	2014	59.4	56.1	62.8	1,296	2,098,381
New Mexico	2015	65.7	62.2	69.3	1,426	2,099,856
New Mexico	2016	66	62.5	69.6	1,456	2,103,586
United States	1990	30.9
United States	1991	30.2
United States	1992	29.3
United States	1993	29.4
United States	1994	29.2
United States	1995	28.7
United States	1996	28
United States	1997	27.3
United States	1998	26.9
United States	1999	26.1
United States	2000	26.1
United States	2001	26.6
United States	2002	27.2
United States	2003	27.4
United States	2004	27.4
United States	2005	27.8
United States	2006	28.1
United States	2007	28.3
United States	2008	28.2
United States	2009	27.6
United States	2010	27.9
United States	2011	28.5
United States	2012	29
United States	2013	29.4
United States	2014	30.1
United States	2015	32.2

Data Notes

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Alcohol-related deaths were defined by underlying cause of death based on International Classification of Disease version 9 (ICD-9) codes; and alcohol-related deaths for 1999 and later were defined by underlying cause of death based on International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) codes.

Data Sources

New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.
Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program, http://gps.unm.edu/.
U.S. Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, ]http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/]

Alcohol-related Deaths by County, New Mexico, 2012-2016

Rio Arriba and McKinley counties have the highest rates of alcohol-related death, with rates more than twice the state rate and more than three times the national rate. Several other counties (Cibola, Mora, San Juan, San Miguel, Socorro, Taos, Sierra, Catron, Guadalupe, Quay, and Hidalgo) have a substantial burden (20 or more alcohol-related deaths per year) and rates over the state of New Mexico, and more than twice the U.S. rate.

County	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Note	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 35
Bernalillo	55.7	53.2	58.1		2,006	3,391,730
Catron	72.1	22.4	121.8	*	14	18,373
Chaves	52.6	44.7	60.6		179	330,898
Cibola	93.6	77.3	109.8		133	137,646
Colfax	65.9	45.5	86.4		49	65,706
Curry	41.6	33.2	49.9		99	252,120
De Baca	41.2	0	83.8	*	5	9,673
Dona Ana	39.7	35.8	43.6		423	1,080,117
Eddy	59.5	50.3	68.6		170	282,115
Grant	51.2	39.3	63.2		86	146,320
Guadalupe	68.7	35.8	101.7		18	22,763
Harding	0	0	9.3		0	3,442
Hidalgo	61	28.7	93.3		16	23,116
Lea	46.1	38.6	53.6		148	344,169
Lincoln	58.1	42.7	73.6		69	101,205
Los Alamos	28.2	17.4	38.9		29	90,230
Luna	40.6	29.7	51.6		60	124,311
McKinley	145	131.9	158.1		484	370,992
Mora	89	47.7	130.2		22	23,793
Otero	52.7	44.9	60.6		184	326,851
Quay	69.3	43	95.5		32	43,297
Rio Arriba	144.1	126.8	161.3		290	199,981
Roosevelt	35.2	22.8	47.6		32	99,982
Sandoval	51.3	45.9	56.7		365	691,947
San Juan	76.3	69.3	83.3		472	628,595
San Miguel	73.9	59.3	88.4		111	142,799
Santa Fe	55.7	50.3	61.1		450	738,799
Sierra	69.2	48.1	90.4		60	57,790
Socorro	70.1	52.2	87.9		64	87,975
Taos	74.5	61	87.9		139	166,772
Torrance	52.5	36.7	68.3		48	79,181
Union	40.2	15.9	64.5	*	11	22,192
Valencia	56.7	49.1	64.3		226	383,531
NM	59.7	58.2	61.2		6,500	10,488,411

Data Notes

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.

Data Sources

New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.
Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program, http://gps.unm.edu/.
U.S. Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, ]http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/]

Alcohol-related Deaths by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2012-2016

Age: 0-24, 25-64, 65+	Sex and Race	Deaths per 100,000 Population	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Note	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 72
1. Age 0-24	Male, American Indian	29.8	22	37.6		56	188,003
1. Age 0-24	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	6.2	0	15.6	*	2	27,007
1. Age 0-24	Male, Black	15.9	4.7	27.1	*	8	48,923
1. Age 0-24	Male, Hispanic	16.1	13.7	18.5		169	1,051,430
1. Age 0-24	Male, White	12.2	9.2	15.2		62	512,333
1. Age 0-24	Male, All Races	16.3	14.4	18.1		298	1,827,696
1. Age 0-24	Female, American Indian	12.3	7.3	17.3		23	186,890
1. Age 0-24	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	2.4	0	8.5	*	1	25,536
1. Age 0-24	Female, Black	4.9	0	11.6	*	2	41,860
1. Age 0-24	Female, Hispanic	5	3.6	6.4		51	1,016,745
1. Age 0-24	Female, White	4.2	2.3	6.1		20	466,307
1. Age 0-24	Female, All Races	5.5	4.4	6.6		96	1,737,338
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, American Indian	21.1	16.4	25.7		79	374,893
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	4.4	0	10	*	2	52,543
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, Black	10.8	4.1	17.6	*	10	90,784
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, Hispanic	10.6	9.2	12.1		220	2,068,176
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, White	8.4	6.6	10.2		82	978,639
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, All Races	11	10	12.1		394	3,565,034
2. Age 25-64	Male, American Indian	332.4	308.4	356.4		734	220,708
2. Age 25-64	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	23.8	9.6	38	*	11	45,242
2. Age 25-64	Male, Black	88	65.5	110.4		59	67,156
2. Age 25-64	Male, Hispanic	119.9	113.7	126.1		1,441	1,201,742
2. Age 25-64	Male, White	89.6	84	95.2		989	1,103,982
2. Age 25-64	Male, All Races	123.4	119.2	127.7		3,257	2,638,831
2. Age 25-64	Female, American Indian	138.4	123.6	153.2		336	242,514
2. Age 25-64	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	11.1	2.4	19.8	*	6	56,715
2. Age 25-64	Female, Black	33.2	16.8	49.6		16	47,433
2. Age 25-64	Female, Hispanic	39.7	36.2	43.3		484	1,217,214
2. Age 25-64	Female, White	38.2	34.6	41.8		426	1,116,561
2. Age 25-64	Female, All Races	47.6	44.9	50.2		1,275	2,680,436
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, American Indian	230.8	217	244.6		1,069	463,222
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	16.7	8.8	24.7		17	101,957
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, Black	65.3	50.5	80.1		75	114,589
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, Hispanic	79.6	76	83.1		1,925	2,418,956
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, White	63.8	60.4	67.1		1,416	2,220,543
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, All Races	85.2	82.7	87.7		4,532	5,319,267
3. Age 65+	Male, American Indian	244.3	192.1	296.4		84	34,433
3. Age 65+	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	51.5	0	105.3	*	4	6,833
3. Age 65+	Male, Black	124.7	58.8	190.5		14	11,035
3. Age 65+	Male, Hispanic	151.6	135.7	167.4		351	231,524
3. Age 65+	Male, White	110.1	100.4	119.8		491	446,330
3. Age 65+	Male, All Races	130.6	122.3	138.9		953	730,156
3. Age 65+	Female, American Indian	132.4	100.5	164.3		66	49,969
3. Age 65+	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	18.2	0	43	*	2	11,352
3. Age 65+	Female, Black	37.3	1.8	72.9	*	4	11,348
3. Age 65+	Female, Hispanic	73.4	63.5	83.4		209	284,447
3. Age 65+	Female, White	65.7	58.7	72.7		340	516,837
3. Age 65+	Female, All Races	71.1	65.5	76.7		622	873,953
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, American Indian	178	149.6	206.5		150	84,402
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	30.7	5.3	56.2	*	6	18,185
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, Black	80.4	43.3	117.5		18	22,383
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, Hispanic	108.5	99.5	117.5		560	515,971
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, White	86.3	80.4	92.1		831	963,168
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, All Races	98.2	93.3	103		1,575	1,604,110
4. All Ages	Male, American Indian	217.6	202.8	232.5		874	443,144
4. All Ages	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	22.3	10.4	34.1		16	79,083
4. All Ages	Male, Black	65.5	50.5	80.5		81	127,115
4. All Ages	Male, Hispanic	87.3	83.3	91.2		1,961	2,484,697
4. All Ages	Male, White	61.1	57.8	64.4		1,543	2,062,645
4. All Ages	Male, All Races	85.2	82.7	87.8		4,508	5,196,683
4. All Ages	Female, American Indian	94.1	85.1	103.2		425	479,373
4. All Ages	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	9.6	3.2	16	*	9	93,603
4. All Ages	Female, Black	22	12.6	31.4		22	100,641
4. All Ages	Female, Hispanic	31.8	29.5	34.2		743	2,518,406
4. All Ages	Female, White	27.8	25.6	30		786	2,099,705
4. All Ages	Female, All Races	35.3	33.7	36.9		1,992	5,291,728
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, American Indian	151.9	143.5	160.3		1,298	922,517
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	14.8	8.8	20.7		25	172,685
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, Black	46.5	37.2	55.7		103	227,756
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, Hispanic	58.8	56.6	61.1		2,704	5,003,103
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, White	44.2	42.2	46.2		2,329	4,162,350
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, All Races	59.7	58.2	61.2		6,500	10,488,411

Data Notes

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. Age-specific rates are crude rates, total rates for gender and race/ethnicity are age adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population

Data Sources

New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.
Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program, http://gps.unm.edu/.

Alcohol-related Deaths by County and Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2012-2016

Race/Ethnicity, DOH	County	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Note	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 210
American Indian/Alaska Native	Bernalillo	134	113.3	154.6		174	143,172
American Indian/Alaska Native	Catron	140.3	0	644.3	*	1	465
American Indian/Alaska Native	Chaves	34.3	0	100.2	*	1	3,058
American Indian/Alaska Native	Cibola	139.8	107.1	172.4		72	53,787
American Indian/Alaska Native	Colfax	0	0	255.2		0	803
American Indian/Alaska Native	Curry	77.3	0	200.7	*	2	2,011
American Indian/Alaska Native	De Baca	0			**	0	75
American Indian/Alaska Native	Dona Ana	68.9	2.9	134.9	*	5	9,456
American Indian/Alaska Native	Eddy	39.3	0	117.5	*	1	3,155
American Indian/Alaska Native	Grant	231.9	0	532.8	*	2	1,404
American Indian/Alaska Native	Guadalupe	0			**	0	282
American Indian/Alaska Native	Harding	**			**	0	0
American Indian/Alaska Native	Hidalgo	0			**	0	54
American Indian/Alaska Native	Lea	0	0	41.3		0	2,957
American Indian/Alaska Native	Lincoln	147.3	0	310.6	*	3	2,742
American Indian/Alaska Native	Los Alamos	0	0	52.8		0	724
American Indian/Alaska Native	Luna	0	0	23.2		0	890
American Indian/Alaska Native	McKinley	177.8	160.9	194.7		439	273,445
American Indian/Alaska Native	Mora	0	0	992.1		0	78
American Indian/Alaska Native	Otero	235.7	163.2	308.1		42	19,988
American Indian/Alaska Native	Quay	414.5	0	1,143	*	1	374
American Indian/Alaska Native	Rio Arriba	231.5	172.8	290.2		62	28,161
American Indian/Alaska Native	Roosevelt	74.9	0	245.8	*	1	1,163
American Indian/Alaska Native	Sandoval	149	121.4	176.6		115	85,853
American Indian/Alaska Native	San Juan	138.5	122.6	154.5		302	232,111
American Indian/Alaska Native	San Miguel	194.3	0	798.9	*	1	1,463
American Indian/Alaska Native	Santa Fe	137.9	81.8	194.1		24	18,764
American Indian/Alaska Native	Sierra	0	0	147.4		0	735
American Indian/Alaska Native	Socorro	192.9	95	290.7		16	10,148
American Indian/Alaska Native	Taos	172.4	91.1	253.7		19	9,461
American Indian/Alaska Native	Torrance	82	0	207.3	*	2	1,771
American Indian/Alaska Native	Union	0			**	0	254
American Indian/Alaska Native	Valencia	88.1	36.4	139.8		12	13,713
American Indian/Alaska Native	NM	151.9	143.5	160.3		1,298	922,517
Asian/Pacific Islander	Bernalillo	14.1	5.9	22.3		12	92,997
Asian/Pacific Islander	Catron	0			**	0	28
Asian/Pacific Islander	Chaves	0	0	55		0	2,870
Asian/Pacific Islander	Cibola	0	0	101.6		0	892
Asian/Pacific Islander	Colfax	0	0	730		0	351
Asian/Pacific Islander	Curry	24.9	0	86.9	*	1	4,461
Asian/Pacific Islander	De Baca	0			**	0	6
Asian/Pacific Islander	Dona Ana	16.9	0	38.9	*	2	13,569
Asian/Pacific Islander	Eddy	0	0	4.4		0	2,109
Asian/Pacific Islander	Grant	0	0	10		0	1,035
Asian/Pacific Islander	Guadalupe	0			**	0	190
Asian/Pacific Islander	Harding	**			**	0	0
Asian/Pacific Islander	Hidalgo	0			**	0	116
Asian/Pacific Islander	Lea	0	0	48.5		0	1,910
Asian/Pacific Islander	Lincoln	0	0	25.4		0	456
Asian/Pacific Islander	Los Alamos	0	0	5.3		0	6,135
Asian/Pacific Islander	Luna	0	0	368.1		0	740
Asian/Pacific Islander	McKinley	0	0	25.7		0	3,374
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mora	0			**	0	36
Asian/Pacific Islander	Otero	0	0	26.5		0	5,412
Asian/Pacific Islander	Quay	0	0	71.4		0	421
Asian/Pacific Islander	Rio Arriba	0			**	0	813
Asian/Pacific Islander	Roosevelt	0			**	0	1,487
Asian/Pacific Islander	Sandoval	0	0	15.2		0	11,815
Asian/Pacific Islander	San Juan	0	0	69.4		0	3,968
Asian/Pacific Islander	San Miguel	164.5	0	434.1	*	1	1,330
Asian/Pacific Islander	Santa Fe	29.9	0	61	*	4	10,445
Asian/Pacific Islander	Sierra	0			**	0	274
Asian/Pacific Islander	Socorro	0	0	11.3		0	1,013
Asian/Pacific Islander	Taos	0			**	0	1,277
Asian/Pacific Islander	Torrance	0	0	37.4		0	470
Asian/Pacific Islander	Union	0			**	0	135
Asian/Pacific Islander	Valencia	73.9	0	176.2	*	2	2,550
Asian/Pacific Islander	NM	14.8	8.8	20.7		25	172,685
Black	Bernalillo	52.1	37.8	66.4		54	100,418
Black	Catron	0			**	0	177
Black	Chaves	38.4	0	89.2	*	2	6,001
Black	Cibola	0	0	15.7		0	1,791
Black	Colfax	0			**	0	425
Black	Curry	68.9	21.8	116.1	*	9	15,663
Black	De Baca	0			**	0	37
Black	Dona Ana	34.9	5.4	64.4	*	6	18,020
Black	Eddy	40.6	0	114.3	*	1	4,331
Black	Grant	97.4	0	278.8	*	1	1,432
Black	Guadalupe	0			**	0	340
Black	Harding	0			**	0	5
Black	Hidalgo	0			**	0	122
Black	Lea	74.1	24.2	124	*	9	13,505
Black	Lincoln	0			**	0	799
Black	Los Alamos	0			**	0	936
Black	Luna	64.3	0	187.7	*	1	1,319
Black	McKinley	0	0	71.5		0	4,263
Black	Mora	0			**	0	70
Black	Otero	45.4	7	83.9	*	6	12,772
Black	Quay	0	0	232.1		0	694
Black	Rio Arriba	74.9	0	283	*	1	1,037
Black	Roosevelt	0	0	244.5		0	2,220
Black	Sandoval	42.4	10.1	74.7	*	7	16,429
Black	San Juan	31.4	0	81	*	2	6,278
Black	San Miguel	0	0	88.7		0	2,219
Black	Santa Fe	11.6	0	36.7	*	1	7,168
Black	Sierra	0	0	6.6		0	484
Black	Socorro	0	0	15		0	1,059
Black	Taos	0	0	48.2		0	1,055
Black	Torrance	0	0	157.7		0	1,386
Black	Union	0			**	0	422
Black	Valencia	33.1	0	86.3	*	2	4,879
Black	NM	46.5	37.2	55.7		103	227,756
Hispanic	Bernalillo	61.8	57.8	65.9		939	1,662,387
Hispanic	Catron	101.3	0	224.1	*	3	3,463
Hispanic	Chaves	56.8	44.6	69		88	181,245
Hispanic	Cibola	70.4	47.4	93.5		37	51,976
Hispanic	Colfax	95.4	61.2	129.6		32	32,301
Hispanic	Curry	40.9	25.9	55.9		32	101,454
Hispanic	De Baca	52.1	0	137.7	*	2	3,900
Hispanic	Dona Ana	37.2	32.4	42.1		233	721,546
Hispanic	Eddy	63.4	48.5	78.3		74	131,250
Hispanic	Grant	47.4	31.4	63.4		36	72,537
Hispanic	Guadalupe	81.8	41	122.5		17	18,225
Hispanic	Harding	0	0	13.1		0	1,472
Hispanic	Hidalgo	72.5	24.8	120.2	*	10	13,251
Hispanic	Lea	45.5	33.4	57.6		65	190,892
Hispanic	Lincoln	48.2	23.6	72.8		16	31,856
Hispanic	Los Alamos	27.7	0	55.9	*	4	14,951
Hispanic	Luna	35.5	21.7	49.3		26	80,527
Hispanic	McKinley	62.6	38.6	86.7		27	51,964
Hispanic	Mora	94.9	48.2	141.5		18	19,344
Hispanic	Otero	39.4	27.3	51.5		42	119,961
Hispanic	Quay	82.4	39.8	125		16	19,309
Hispanic	Rio Arriba	144.3	124.1	164.5		207	143,183
Hispanic	Roosevelt	35.1	12.9	57.2	*	11	40,309
Hispanic	Sandoval	43.4	34.8	52.1		102	258,280
Hispanic	San Juan	49.4	35.4	63.5		51	124,404
Hispanic	San Miguel	79.9	62.7	97.1		90	110,143
Hispanic	Santa Fe	67.8	59.4	76.3		254	378,491
Hispanic	Sierra	62.8	25.2	100.4	*	11	17,033
Hispanic	Socorro	67.1	41.9	92.3		28	43,565
Hispanic	Taos	78.4	60.1	96.8		76	93,802
Hispanic	Torrance	59.7	32.8	86.6		20	32,568
Hispanic	Union	77	20.5	133.5	*	7	9,127
Hispanic	Valencia	60.5	49.9	71.2		129	228,385
Hispanic	NM	58.8	56.6	61.1		2,704	5,003,103
White	Bernalillo	45.3	41.9	48.7		808	1,392,756
White	Catron	65.6	8	123.3	*	10	14,240
White	Chaves	49.3	37.8	60.8		87	137,725
White	Cibola	73.9	41.3	106.5		24	29,200
White	Colfax	42.5	17.1	68	*	16	31,826
White	Curry	39.1	28.4	49.8		55	128,530
White	De Baca	36.9	0	87.5	*	3	5,655
White	Dona Ana	42	35	49		174	317,526
White	Eddy	59.3	46.6	72.1		94	141,270
White	Grant	53.8	35.1	72.4		47	69,912
White	Guadalupe	33.7	0	98.9	*	1	3,727
White	Harding	0	0	12.7		0	1,964
White	Hidalgo	46.6	3.3	90	*	7	9,574
White	Lea	48.6	37	60.2		74	134,904
White	Lincoln	61	40.6	81.5		51	65,351
White	Los Alamos	31.8	18.2	45.4		26	67,485
White	Luna	46.8	26.1	67.6		31	40,835
White	McKinley	46.7	22.8	70.7		17	37,946
White	Mora	53.4	0	134.4	*	3	4,265
White	Otero	45	35.2	54.8		94	168,719
White	Quay	56.4	22.7	90.1	*	14	22,499
White	Rio Arriba	59.4	26.7	92.1		20	26,787
White	Roosevelt	35.5	19.3	51.8		21	54,803
White	Sandoval	34.7	28.4	41.1		137	319,570
White	San Juan	37	29.8	44.2		117	261,834
White	San Miguel	43.7	19.4	68.1		17	27,644
White	Santa Fe	39.6	32.3	47		160	323,930
White	Sierra	68.9	41.9	95.8		48	39,264
White	Socorro	42.4	22.2	62.6		20	32,191
White	Taos	56	35.5	76.4		44	61,177
White	Torrance	46.8	27	66.7		26	42,986
White	Union	24.5	0	50.4	*	4	12,254
White	Valencia	48.5	36.8	60.3		79	134,003
White	NM	44.2	42.2	46.2		2,329	4,162,350
All Races	Bernalillo	55.7	53.2	58.1		2,006	3,391,730
All Races	Catron	72.1	22.4	121.8	*	14	18,373
All Races	Chaves	52.6	44.7	60.6		179	330,898
All Races	Cibola	93.6	77.3	109.8		133	137,646
All Races	Colfax	65.9	45.5	86.4		49	65,706
All Races	Curry	41.6	33.2	49.9		99	252,120
All Races	De Baca	41.2	0	83.8	*	5	9,673
All Races	Dona Ana	39.7	35.8	43.6		423	1,080,117
All Races	Eddy	59.5	50.3	68.6		170	282,115
All Races	Grant	51.2	39.3	63.2		86	146,320
All Races	Guadalupe	68.7	35.8	101.7		18	22,763
All Races	Harding	0	0	9.3		0	3,442
All Races	Hidalgo	61	28.7	93.3		16	23,116
All Races	Lea	46.1	38.6	53.6		148	344,169
All Races	Lincoln	58.1	42.7	73.6		69	101,205
All Races	Los Alamos	28.2	17.4	38.9		29	90,230
All Races	Luna	40.6	29.7	51.6		60	124,311
All Races	McKinley	145	131.9	158.1		484	370,992
All Races	Mora	89	47.7	130.2		22	23,793
All Races	Otero	52.7	44.9	60.6		184	326,851
All Races	Quay	69.3	43	95.5		32	43,297
All Races	Rio Arriba	144.1	126.8	161.3		290	199,981
All Races	Roosevelt	35.2	22.8	47.6		32	99,982
All Races	Sandoval	51.3	45.9	56.7		365	691,947
All Races	San Juan	76.3	69.3	83.3		472	628,595
All Races	San Miguel	73.9	59.3	88.4		111	142,799
All Races	Santa Fe	55.7	50.3	61.1		450	738,799
All Races	Sierra	69.2	48.1	90.4		60	57,790
All Races	Socorro	70.1	52.2	87.9		64	87,975
All Races	Taos	74.5	61	87.9		139	166,772
All Races	Torrance	52.5	36.7	68.3		48	79,181
All Races	Union	40.2	15.9	64.5	*	11	22,192
All Races	Valencia	56.7	49.1	64.3		226	383,531
All Races	NM	59.7	58.2	61.2		6,500	10,488,411

Data Notes

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. ** Excluded due to small number of deaths (< 3 per race/ethnicity per county per year) during reporting period.

Data Sources

New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.
Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program, http://gps.unm.edu/.

Alcohol-related Deaths by Small Area, New Mexico, 2009-2013

Small Area	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Note	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 109
1-Bernalillo County, Central Penn	991	934	1,048.1	2009 - 2013	1,152	137,577
2-Bernalillo County, Central Tabo	817.6	772.8	862.4	2009 - 2013	1,240	154,463
3-Bernalillo County, East Gateway	595	553.2	636.8	2009 - 2013	785	96,945
4-Bernalillo County, Lomas San Mateo	726.2	682	770.3	2009 - 2013	1,166	102,675
5-Bernalillo County, Lomas Girard	658.4	599.7	717.1	2009 - 2013	513	75,062
6-Bernalillo County, Gibson University	775.9	696.9	854.8	2009 - 2013	378	64,647
7-Bernalillo County, Rio Bravo Second	832.1	741.5	922.7	2009 - 2013	326	48,055
8-Bernalillo County, Lomas Broadway	1,114.6	1,051.3	1,177.9	2009 - 2013	1,163	102,339
9-Military Bases	706.5	342.7	1,070.2	2009 - 2013	47	55,271
10-Bernalillo County, Isleta Gun Club	809.3	739.4	879.2	2009 - 2013	509	68,620
11-Bernalillo County, Arenal Unser	894.4	769	1,019.7	2009 - 2013	282	83,417
12-Bernalillo County, Chavez OneEighteenth	855.5	766.1	944.9	2009 - 2013	461	121,963
13-Bernalillo County, Southwest	616.2	527.2	705.1	2009 - 2013	217	61,266
14-Bernalillo County, Arenal Tapia	808.6	753.9	863.3	2009 - 2013	812	97,881
15-Bernalillo County, Central Coors	784	732.2	835.8	2009 - 2013	851	112,731
16-Bernalillo County, So. Ninetyeight	769.5	699.2	839.9	2009 - 2013	548	141,831
17-Bernalillo County, No. Ninetyeight	725.2	666.6	783.8	2009 - 2013	614	126,566
18-Bernalillo County, Montano Rio Grande	622.9	570.6	675.2	2009 - 2013	557	62,067
19-Bernalillo County, Candelaria Second	771.1	716.8	825.5	2009 - 2013	754	86,507
20-Bernalillo County, Comanche Carlysle	877.2	815.2	939.1	2009 - 2013	743	87,643
21-Bernalillo County, Indian School Pennsylvania	762.9	724.2	801.6	2009 - 2013	1,660	130,294
22-Bernalillo County, Indian School Juan Tabo	733.8	686.3	781.4	2009 - 2013	894	99,837
23-Bernalillo County, Montgomery Louisiana	661.6	619.3	703.9	2009 - 2013	975	108,726
24-Bernalillo County, Montgomery Moon	656.3	603.2	709.5	2009 - 2013	575	64,784
25-Bernalillo County, Comanche Juan Tabo	737.7	689.5	785.9	2009 - 2013	871	90,802
26-Bernalillo County, Paseo Louisiana	683.8	640.5	727.2	2009 - 2013	940	101,003
27-Bernalillo County, Paseo Ventura	516.8	483.5	550.1	2009 - 2013	926	140,518
28-Bernalillo County, East Mountain	665.4	610	720.8	2009 - 2013	607	96,116
29-Bernalillo County, Del Norte	604.9	546.8	663	2009 - 2013	429	96,893
30-Bernalillo County, Montano Coors	695	628.3	761.7	2009 - 2013	407	65,597
31-Bernalillo County, Alameda Coors	685.2	624.1	746.3	2009 - 2013	496	116,178
32-Bernalillo County, Alameda Edith	715.3	668.1	762.5	2009 - 2013	863	101,183
33-Bernalillo County, Academy Tramway	564.4	533.1	595.8	2009 - 2013	1,388	140,418
34-Bernalillo County, Irving Unser	604.4	556.9	651.9	2009 - 2013	617	137,973
35-Chaves County, Roswell N.W.	833.7	794.8	872.7	2009 - 2013	1,799	160,159
36-Chaves County, Roswell S.E.	1,005	937.6	1,072.5	2009 - 2013	818	81,339
37-Chaves County, Other	767.6	705.1	830	2009 - 2013	567	87,815
38-Cibola County	896.6	847.2	946	2009 - 2013	1,229	136,587
39-Colfax/Union Counties	740.3	692.3	788.2	2009 - 2013	953	90,756
40-Curry County, Clovis West	926.5	857.4	995.5	2009 - 2013	657	79,579
41-Curry County, Clovis East	814	762.1	865.8	2009 - 2013	902	105,731
42-Dona Ana County, Anthony Berino Chaparral	699.2	641	757.3	2009 - 2013	576	116,464
43-Dona Ana County, Central Las Cruces	846	791.2	900.8	2009 - 2013	911	92,034
44-Dona Ana County, Dona Ana Fort Selden	763.3	712.8	813.8	2009 - 2013	843	118,215
45-Dona Ana County, Hatch and Surrounding Area	605.7	548.3	663	2009 - 2013	426	59,763
46-Dona Ana County, Las Alturas Talavera	630.2	580.2	680.3	2009 - 2013	662	64,587
47-Dona Ana County, Mesilla Picacho Mesilla Park	603.1	542.6	663.6	2009 - 2013	376	59,879
48-Dona Ana County, Northwest Las Cruces	739.5	693.4	785.5	2009 - 2013	956	127,949
49-Dona Ana County, Sonoma Butterfield Moongate	669.6	626.7	712.5	2009 - 2013	904	140,051
50-Dona Ana County, South Valley	598.7	542	655.4	2009 - 2013	423	73,138
51-Dona Ana County, Sunland Park	582.1	527.3	637	2009 - 2013	428	93,745
52-Dona Ana County, South Las Cruces	838.1	771.4	904.8	2009 - 2013	602	104,995
53-Eddy County, Carlsbad	900.9	857.2	944.5	2009 - 2013	1,648	144,141
54-Eddy County, Other	829.5	779.8	879.2	2009 - 2013	1,023	128,355
55-Grant County, Silver City	695.8	646.7	744.9	2009 - 2013	840	84,526
56-Hidalgo County/Grant County, Other	735.9	688.1	783.6	2009 - 2013	972	86,899
57-Lea County, Hobbs No.	797.7	742.8	852.6	2009 - 2013	773	102,103
58-Lea County, Hobbs So.	1,006.2	919.5	1,092.9	2009 - 2013	509	68,874
59-Lea County, Other	825.2	779.6	870.8	2009 - 2013	1,200	157,986
60-Lincoln County	611.7	569.9	653.5	2009 - 2013	914	102,574
61-Los Alamos County	520.1	478.1	562	2009 - 2013	592	90,272
62-Luna County	836.7	792.6	880.7	2009 - 2013	1,406	125,312
63-McKinley County, Gallup	774	722	826	2009 - 2013	838	122,589
64-McKinley County, NW	800	731.1	869	2009 - 2013	520	81,407
65-McKinley County, SW	805.3	739.4	871.2	2009 - 2013	590	97,654
66-McKinley County, Other	946.3	861.3	1,031.3	2009 - 2013	471	63,186
67-San Miguel County, Las Vegas	956.2	893.4	1,019	2009 - 2013	892	80,042
68-San Miguel County, Pecos/Villanueva	561	492	630.1	2009 - 2013	269	44,210
69-Mora/Guadalupe/San Miguel East	665.6	610.3	720.8	2009 - 2013	578	69,465
70-Otero County, Alamogordo N.E.	752.7	705.5	799.8	2009 - 2013	979	90,049
71-Otero County, Alamogordo S.W.	797.8	738.4	857.2	2009 - 2013	687	77,678
72-Otero County, Other	790.1	742.8	837.3	2009 - 2013	1,090	138,976
73-Quay/DeBaca/Harding Counties	915	849.7	980.3	2009 - 2013	799	58,260
74-Rio Arriba, Espanola and Pueblos	819	773.7	864.2	2009 - 2013	1,246	141,334
75-Rio Arriba, North	764.4	694.9	833.8	2009 - 2013	475	59,903
76-Roosevelt County/Curry County, Other	774.8	729.3	820.2	2009 - 2013	1,064	149,653
77-San Juan County, Farmington North	569.7	521.4	618	2009 - 2013	524	83,022
78-San Juan County, Farmington Southeast	751.4	687.8	814.9	2009 - 2013	523	75,616
79-San Juan County, Farmington West/Kirtland/La Plata	779.4	727.8	831	2009 - 2013	864	118,559
80-San Juan County, North/Aztec	709.2	662.4	755.9	2009 - 2013	860	126,048
81-San Juan County, Northeast/Bloomfield	667.8	609.2	726.4	2009 - 2013	496	78,923
82-San Juan County, South	656	593.3	718.7	2009 - 2013	424	78,266
83-San Juan County, West	1,040.2	963.2	1,117.3	2009 - 2013	698	82,693
84-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho Blvd, No.	689.5	638.3	740.6	2009 - 2013	722	144,790
85-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho Blvd, So.	680.4	634.1	726.7	2009 - 2013	1,021	72,993
86-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho West	700.7	631.8	769.7	2009 - 2013	477	124,028
87-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho So.	773.5	719.2	827.7	2009 - 2013	756	114,544
88-Sandoval County, Bernalillo/Placitas	614.6	560.2	669	2009 - 2013	527	73,725
89-Sandoval County, Corrales	572.3	504	640.6	2009 - 2013	292	42,436
90-Sandoval County Other East	790.2	700.3	880.1	2009 - 2013	301	46,226
91-Sandoval County Other West	807.6	727	888.2	2009 - 2013	394	48,856
92-Santa Fe County, East Foothills + Eldorado	480.2	441.2	519.3	2009 - 2013	662	116,486
93-Santa Fe County, Opera Vicinity	523	475.2	570.7	2009 - 2013	502	70,641
94-Santa Fe County, Pueblos Plus	579	532.4	625.5	2009 - 2013	619	98,103
95-Santa Fe Co., Agua Fria Neighborhood + Downtown	776	734.6	817.4	2009 - 2013	1,537	118,829
96-Santa Fe County, Agua Fria Village	634.6	561.2	708.1	2009 - 2013	311	68,053
97-Santa Fe, Bellamah/Stamm	689.6	641.2	737.9	2009 - 2013	786	90,033
98-Santa Fe County, Airport Road	662.1	569.3	754.8	2009 - 2013	260	88,377
99-Santa Fe County, South	736	666.6	805.5	2009 - 2013	475	76,387
101-Sierra/Catron Counties	942.4	884.6	1,000.2	2009 - 2013	1,377	78,178
102-Socorro County	878.2	819.4	937.1	2009 - 2013	842	89,216
103-Torrance County	862.8	801.1	924.4	2009 - 2013	759	81,182
104-Taos County, Northwest	625.4	558.2	692.6	2009 - 2013	356	46,759
105-Taos County, Downtown and High Road	627.7	586.8	668.7	2009 - 2013	942	118,506
106-Valencia County, Los Lunas	682.8	623.4	742.3	2009 - 2013	502	80,908
107-Valencia County, NE	750.9	692.7	809	2009 - 2013	631	80,843
108-Valencia County, SE	772.6	721.6	823.8	2009 - 2013	861	115,258
109-Valencia County, West and Belen	820.5	768.8	872.2	2009 - 2013	942	107,066

Data Notes

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. All rates are deaths per 100,000 population and have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.

Data Sources

New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.
Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program, http://gps.unm.edu/.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC WONDER Online Database (http://wonder.cdc.gov).

References and Community Resources

The New Mexico Department of Health Substance Abuse Epidemiology Section has New Mexico-specific reports, resources and publications, available at: nmhealth.org/about/erd/ibeb/sap. CDC Alcohol Program has fact sheets, online tool kits, data and recently published literature, available at: www.cdc.gov/alcohol. The CDC also publishes the Prevention Status Reports (PSR), which highlight, for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the status of public health policies and practices designed to address important public health problems and concerns. The 2013 PSR for excessive alcohol use can be found at: www.cdc.gov/psr/alcohol. The Community Preventive Services Task Force reviews research and makes recommendations to help communities answer the question "what works?" Community Guide recommendations for preventing excessive alcohol consumption can be found at: www.thecommunityguide.org/alcohol.

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