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Definition

Drug overdose death is defined as the number of deaths caused by drug overdose per 100,000 population. Drug overdose deaths are those in which drug overdose is the primary cause, whether unintentional or intentional. Includes ICD-10 codes X40-X44, X60-X64, X85, and Y10-Y14 for underlying cause of death.

Numerator

Number of drug overdose deaths in New Mexico

Denominator

New Mexico Population

Why Is This Important?

New Mexico's drug overdose death rate has been one of the highest in the nation for most of the last two decades. New Mexico's death rate has more than tripled since 1990. While deaths due to illicit drugs have remained steady during the past decade, deaths due to prescription drugs (particularly opioid pain relievers) have increased dramatically. In addition to the high death rates, drug abuse is one of the most costly health problems in the U. S. In 2007, it was estimated that prescription opioid abuse, dependence, and misuse cost New Mexico $890 million. ^1^ [[br]][[br]] ---- {{class .SmallerFont # Based on a national methodology derived by Birnbaum et al. (2011). "Societal costs of opioid abuse, dependence, and misuse in the United States." Pain Medicine, 12(4):657-667. }}

Other Objectives

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

How Are We Doing?

Drug use can result in overdose death and is also associated with other societal problems including crime, violence, homelessness, loss of productivity and spread of blood-borne disease such as HIV and hepatitis. Unintentional drug overdose is the largest subset of total drug overdose death, accounting for 80-85% of drug overdose deaths in New Mexico. The other substantial cause of drug overdose death is suicide, or intentional self-poisoning, which accounts for 10-15% of all total drug overdose death in New Mexico. Poisoning has been the leading cause of unintentional injury in New Mexico since 2007, surpassing motor vehicle crash deaths, largely as a result of increased unintentional drug overdose deaths associated with prescription drug use. During 2010-2014, 53% of drug overdose deaths were caused by prescription drugs, while 33% were caused by illicit drugs, and 14% involved both types. Medical examiner data indicate that the most common drugs causing unintentional overdose death for the period were prescription opioids (e.g., methadone, oxycodone, morphine 48%), heroin (34%), tranquilizers/muscle relaxants (23%), cocaine (17%), methamphetamine (16%) and antidepressants (12%) (not mutually exclusive). In New Mexico and nationally, overdose death from prescription opioids has become an issue of enormous concern. Interventions are currently being formulated, assessed and implemented in New Mexico and in communities across the country, and may be contributing to decreases in death in the most recent data available. Hispanic men had the highest total drug overdose death rate during 2010-2014. The rates of total drug overdose death and unintentional drug overdose death among men were roughly 1.5 times that of women. Among women, drug overdose death from prescription drugs was more common than from illicit drugs across the age range. Illicit drugs were the predominant drug type causing death among males across the age range, and the rates were highest among males aged 25-54 years.

Related Indicators

Related Risk Factors Indicators:

Drug Use, Adolescent - Offered, Sold, or Given an Illegal Drug on School Property

Related Health Status Outcomes Indicators:

Graphical Data Views

Deaths due to Drug Overdose by Year, New Mexico and U.S., 1990-2017

In 2016, New Mexico had the thirteenth highest total drug overdose death rate in the nation, including DC (most recent data available).

NM vs. U.S.	Year	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 56
New Mexico	1990	7.6	6.2	9.2	114	1,541,270
New Mexico	1991	7.8	6.5	9.4	123	1,569,738
New Mexico	1992	8.9	7.5	10.5	138	1,598,357
New Mexico	1993	10.1	8.6	11.8	164	1,626,900
New Mexico	1994	9.6	8.1	11.2	154	1,655,444
New Mexico	1995	11.9	10.3	13.7	195	1,683,987
New Mexico	1996	11.7	10.1	13.5	193	1,712,531
New Mexico	1997	11.9	10.3	13.7	201	1,741,074
New Mexico	1998	15.0	13.2	17.0	257	1,769,618
New Mexico	1999	15.0	13.2	16.9	261	1,798,165
New Mexico	2000	15.2	13.5	17.2	271	1,828,596
New Mexico	2001	14.4	12.7	16.3	260	1,851,525
New Mexico	2002	16.3	14.5	18.3	293	1,874,593
New Mexico	2003	19.0	17.0	21.1	347	1,897,658
New Mexico	2004	16.3	14.5	18.3	304	1,920,756
New Mexico	2005	19.7	17.8	21.9	367	1,943,827
New Mexico	2006	21.4	19.3	23.6	409	1,966,890
New Mexico	2007	22.5	20.4	24.7	439	1,989,996
New Mexico	2008	26.4	24.2	28.9	513	2,013,064
New Mexico	2009	21.6	19.6	23.8	428	2,036,124
New Mexico	2010	23.3	21.2	25.5	468	2,065,194
New Mexico	2011	25.8	23.6	28.2	521	2,083,725
New Mexico	2012	24.3	22.1	26.6	486	2,091,432
New Mexico	2013	22.1	20.0	24.3	449	2,095,156
New Mexico	2014	26.8	24.5	29.2	540	2,098,381
New Mexico	2015	24.8	22.6	27.1	493	2,099,856
New Mexico	2016	24.8	22.6	27.1	497	2,103,586
New Mexico	2017	24.6	22.4	26.9	494	2,102,521
United States	1990	3.4
United States	1991	3.7
United States	1992	4.1
United States	1993	4.7
United States	1994	4.8
United States	1995	4.8
United States	1996	4.9
United States	1997	5.3
United States	1998	5.6
United States	1999	6.1
United States	2000	6.2
United States	2001	6.8
United States	2002	8.2
United States	2003	8.9
United States	2004	9.4
United States	2005	10.1
United States	2006	11.5
United States	2007	11.9
United States	2008	11.9
United States	2009	11.9
United States	2010	12.3
United States	2011	13.2
United States	2012	13.1
United States	2013	13.8
United States	2014	14.7
United States	2015	16.3
United States	2016	19.8
United States	2017	21.7

Data Notes

Age-adjusted to the US 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).

Deaths due to Drug Overdose by County, New Mexico, 2013-2017

Rio Arriba County had the highest total drug overdose death rate (85.8 deaths per 100,000) among all New Mexico counties during 2011-2015. However, the problem of drug overdose is by no means limited to Rio Arriba County. Bernalillo County had the largest number of drug overdose deaths and many New Mexico counties had total drug overdose death rates 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: 36
Bernalillo	26.3	24.5	28		902	3,391,457
Catron	29.5	0	67.6	*	3	18,196
Chaves	22.9	17.4	28.5		69	330,058
Cibola	16.8	9.8	23.9		23	137,013
Colfax	38.5	21.2	55.8		22	64,499
Curry	15.4	10.3	20.6		36	252,219
De Baca	34.4	0	82.1	*	2	9,528
Dona Ana	17	14.3	19.7		164	1,080,411
Eddy	23	17.1	28.8		62	284,813
Grant	41.5	29.3	53.7		48	144,899
Guadalupe	44.9	16.6	73.1	*	10	22,544
Harding	0			**	0	3,450
Hidalgo	41	11.5	70.4	*	9	22,689
Lea	18.8	14	23.6		61	347,844
Lincoln	42.7	27.6	57.7		35	100,089
Los Alamos	20.5	10.2	30.8		16	90,641
Luna	19.2	10.2	28.1		19	123,460
McKinley	12.6	8.6	16.5		40	369,205
Mora	13.5	0	32.2	*	2	23,532
Otero	20	14.9	25.1		64	328,297
Quay	21.2	6.2	36.2	*	9	42,856
Rio Arriba	89.9	75.5	104.3		158	198,690
Roosevelt	12.1	4.7	19.6	*	11	98,680
Sandoval	19.6	16.1	23		129	697,728
San Juan	16.7	13.4	20		103	646,357
San Miguel	44.9	32.3	57.5		53	141,484
Santa Fe	32.5	28	36.9		219	740,919
Sierra	29.5	13.3	45.7		17	57,108
Socorro	19.6	9.3	29.9		15	87,411
Taos	29.2	20	38.4		42	166,393
Torrance	29.6	16.7	42.4		23	78,615
Union	4.8	0	14.1	*	1	21,876
Valencia	27.1	21.7	32.5		101	381,436
New Mexico	24.6	23.6	25.6		2,470	10,504,397
U.S.	**			**	0

Data Notes

Age-adjusted to the US 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/.
U.S. Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, ]http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/]

Deaths due to Drug Overdose by Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2013-2017

Race/Ethnicity	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Note	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 6
American Indian/Alaska Native	14.5	11.9	17.1		128	948,552
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.8	1.6	7.9	*	9	173,586
Black/African American	24.5	17.8	31.2		54	223,654
Hispanic	26.7	25.2	28.2		1,263	5,058,436
White	24.3	22.7	25.9		992	4,100,169
New Mexico	24.6	23.6	25.6		2,470	10,504,397

Data Notes

Age-adjusted to the US 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/.

Deaths due to Drug Overdose by U.S. States, 2017

State	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 52
Alabama	18	16.7	19.2	835	4,874,747
Alaska	20.2	16.8	23.5	147	739,795
Arizona	22.2	21.1	23.4	1,532	7,016,270
Arkansas	15.5	14	17	446	3,004,279
California	11.7	11.3	12	4,868	39,536,653
Colorado	17.6	16.5	18.7	1,015	5,607,154
Connecticut	30.9	29	32.9	1,072	3,588,184
Delaware	37	33	41.1	338	961,939
District of Columbia	44	39	49	310	693,972
Florida	25.1	24.4	25.8	5,088	20,984,400
Georgia	14.7	14	15.4	1,537	10,429,379
Hawaii	13.8	11.8	15.8	203	1,427,538
Idaho	14.4	12.5	16.2	236	1,716,943
Illinois	21.6	20.8	22.4	2,778	12,802,023
Indiana	29.4	28	30.8	1,852	6,666,818
Iowa	11.5	10.2	12.7	341	3,145,711
Kansas	11.8	10.5	13.1	333	2,913,123
Kentucky	37.2	35.3	39.1	1,566	4,454,189
Louisiana	24.5	23	26	1,108	4,684,333
Maine	34.4	31	37.8	424	1,335,907
Maryland	36.3	34.7	37.8	2,247	6,052,177
Massachucetts	31.8	30.4	33.1	2,168	6,859,819
Michigan	27.8	26.7	28.9	2,694	9,962,311
Minnesota	13.3	12.4	14.3	733	5,576,606
Mississippi	12.2	10.9	13.5	354	2,984,100
Missouri	23.4	22.1	24.6	1,367	6,113,532
Montana	11.7	9.5	13.8	119	1,050,493
Nebraska	8.1	6.8	9.4	152	1,920,076
Nevada	21.6	19.9	23.2	676	2,998,039
New Hampshire	37	33.5	40.4	467	1,342,795
New Jersey	30	28.8	31.2	2,685	9,005,644
New Mexico	24.8	22.6	27.1	493	2,088,070
New York	19.4	18.8	20.1	3,921	19,849,399
North Carolina	24.1	23.1	25.1	2,414	10,273,419
North Dakota	9.2	7.1	11.8	68	755,393
Ohio	46.3	45	47.6	5,111	11,658,609
Oklahoma	20.1	18.6	21.5	775	3,930,864
Oregon	12.4	11.3	13.4	530	4,142,776
Pennsylvania	44.3	43.1	45.5	5,388	12,805,537
Rhode Island	31	27.5	34.5	320	1,059,639
South Carolina	20.5	19.2	21.8	1,008	5,024,369
South Dakota	8.5	6.6	10.7	73	869,666
Tennessee	26.6	25.3	27.8	1,776	6,715,984
Texas	10.5	10.1	10.9	2,989	28,304,596
Utah	22.3	20.5	24	650	3,101,833
Vermont	23.2	19.1	27.2	134	623,657
Virginia	17.9	16.9	18.8	1,507	8,470,020
Washington	15.2	14.3	16.1	1,169	7,405,743
West Virginia	57.8	54	61.5	974	1,815,857
Wisconsin	21.2	19.9	22.4	1,177	5,795,483
Wyoming	12.2	9.4	15.6	69	579,315
United States	21.7				323,127,513

Data Notes

Age-adjusted to the US 2000 standard population.

Data Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC WONDER Online Database (http://wonder.cdc.gov).

Deaths due to Drug Overdose by County and Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2013-2017

Drug overdose deaths have been prominent in Rio Arriba County with Hispanics dying of drug overdose, at a rate of almost 105 per 100,000. Whites also have high drug overdose death rates. Many counties have unstable rates for certain race/ethnic groups due to small population sizes.

Race/Ethnicity, DOH	County	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Note	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 286
American Indian/Alaska Native	Bernalillo	21.6	14.2	29		34	145,278
American Indian/Alaska Native	Catron	0			**	0	545
American Indian/Alaska Native	Chaves	39.3	0	116.3	*	1	2,859
American Indian/Alaska Native	Cibola	8.4	0.1	16.8	*	4	54,662
American Indian/Alaska Native	Colfax	0			**	0	839
American Indian/Alaska Native	Curry	42.2	0	124.8	*	1	1,911
American Indian/Alaska Native	De Baca	0			**	0	102
American Indian/Alaska Native	Dona Ana	0			**	0	9,079
American Indian/Alaska Native	Eddy	26.6	0	78.6	*	1	3,124
American Indian/Alaska Native	Grant	0			**	0	1,492
American Indian/Alaska Native	Guadalupe	0			**	0	357
American Indian/Alaska Native	Harding	0			**	0	6
American Indian/Alaska Native	Hidalgo	0			**	0	95
American Indian/Alaska Native	Lea	0			**	0	2,909
American Indian/Alaska Native	Lincoln	0			**	0	2,874
American Indian/Alaska Native	Los Alamos	0			**	0	768
American Indian/Alaska Native	Luna	0			**	0	842
American Indian/Alaska Native	McKinley	9.5	5.4	13.5		22	275,576
American Indian/Alaska Native	Mora	0			**	0	127
American Indian/Alaska Native	Otero	13.8	0	29.6	*	3	20,454
American Indian/Alaska Native	Quay	0			**	0	424
American Indian/Alaska Native	Rio Arriba	37.2	13.7	60.7	*	10	28,483
American Indian/Alaska Native	Roosevelt	0			**	0	1,143
American Indian/Alaska Native	Sandoval	17.3	7.7	26.8		13	87,164
American Indian/Alaska Native	San Juan	11.4	6.9	15.9		26	249,516
American Indian/Alaska Native	San Miguel	0			**	0	1,507
American Indian/Alaska Native	Santa Fe	33.1	6.1	60	*	6	19,370
American Indian/Alaska Native	Sierra	130.3	0	384.4	*	1	832
American Indian/Alaska Native	Socorro	9.7	0	28.8	*	1	10,553
American Indian/Alaska Native	Taos	37.3	0	80.5	*	3	9,375
American Indian/Alaska Native	Torrance	44.6	0	131.9	*	1	1,854
American Indian/Alaska Native	Union	0			**	0	305
American Indian/Alaska Native	Valencia	5.9	0	17.5	*	1	14,127
American Indian/Alaska Native	New Mexico	14.5	11.9	17.1		128	948,552
American Indian/Alaska Native	U.S.	**			**	0
Asian/Pacific Islander	Bernalillo	4	0	7.9	*	4	93,923
Asian/Pacific Islander	Catron	0			**	0	43
Asian/Pacific Islander	Chaves	40.1	0	118.7	*	1	2,996
Asian/Pacific Islander	Cibola	0			**	0	769
Asian/Pacific Islander	Colfax	0			**	0	419
Asian/Pacific Islander	Curry	0			**	0	4,363
Asian/Pacific Islander	De Baca	0			**	0	11
Asian/Pacific Islander	Dona Ana	5.5	0	16.4	*	1	13,065
Asian/Pacific Islander	Eddy	0			**	0	2,122
Asian/Pacific Islander	Grant	0			**	0	1,175
Asian/Pacific Islander	Guadalupe	0			**	0	234
Asian/Pacific Islander	Harding	0			**	0	1
Asian/Pacific Islander	Hidalgo	0			**	0	146
Asian/Pacific Islander	Lea	0			**	0	1,941
Asian/Pacific Islander	Lincoln	0			**	0	502
Asian/Pacific Islander	Los Alamos	0			**	0	6,016
Asian/Pacific Islander	Luna	0			**	0	817
Asian/Pacific Islander	McKinley	0			**	0	3,351
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mora	0			**	0	80
Asian/Pacific Islander	Otero	0			**	0	5,110
Asian/Pacific Islander	Quay	0			**	0	493
Asian/Pacific Islander	Rio Arriba	0			**	0	925
Asian/Pacific Islander	Roosevelt	0			**	0	1,401
Asian/Pacific Islander	Sandoval	10.6	0	31.3	*	1	11,607
Asian/Pacific Islander	San Juan	0			**	0	3,912
Asian/Pacific Islander	San Miguel	0			**	0	1,401
Asian/Pacific Islander	Santa Fe	17	0	40.6	*	2	10,765
Asian/Pacific Islander	Sierra	0			**	0	312
Asian/Pacific Islander	Socorro	0			**	0	1,005
Asian/Pacific Islander	Taos	0			**	0	1,354
Asian/Pacific Islander	Torrance	0			**	0	500
Asian/Pacific Islander	Union	0			**	0	150
Asian/Pacific Islander	Valencia	0			**	0	2,676
Asian/Pacific Islander	New Mexico	4.8	1.6	7.9	*	9	173,586
Asian/Pacific Islander	U.S.	**			**	0
Black	Bernalillo	30.3	19.2	41.4		30	98,418
Black	Catron	0			**	0	218
Black	Chaves	39.8	0	100.5	*	2	5,678
Black	Cibola	0			**	0	1,578
Black	Colfax	0			**	0	580
Black	Curry	9.2	0	27.3	*	1	15,678
Black	De Baca	0			**	0	74
Black	Dona Ana	24.1	2.4	45.7	*	5	18,119
Black	Eddy	0			**	0	4,264
Black	Grant	0			**	0	1,384
Black	Guadalupe	0			**	0	359
Black	Harding	0			**	0	19
Black	Hidalgo	0			**	0	250
Black	Lea	41.8	7.9	75.7	*	6	13,424
Black	Lincoln	0			**	0	764
Black	Los Alamos	0			**	0	1,095
Black	Luna	0			**	0	1,477
Black	McKinley	48.5	0	143.3	*	1	2,801
Black	Mora	0			**	0	106
Black	Otero	29	0	62.6	*	3	12,710
Black	Quay	0			**	0	765
Black	Rio Arriba	0			**	0	1,061
Black	Roosevelt	103.8	0	306.5	*	1	2,229
Black	Sandoval	13.3	0	31.9	*	2	16,266
Black	San Juan	47.6	0	113.4	*	2	5,538
Black	San Miguel	0			**	0	2,350
Black	Santa Fe	0			**	0	7,229
Black	Sierra	0			**	0	521
Black	Socorro	0			**	0	1,081
Black	Taos	0			**	0	1,071
Black	Torrance	0			**	0	1,395
Black	Union	0			**	0	486
Black	Valencia	23.7	0	70.1	*	1	4,669
Black	New Mexico	24.5	17.8	31.2		54	223,654
Black	U.S.	**			**	0
Hispanic	Bernalillo	29.1	26.4	31.7		475	1,678,851
Hispanic	Catron	0			**	0	3,478
Hispanic	Chaves	16.4	10	22.8		26	183,373
Hispanic	Cibola	19.7	7.4	32	*	10	52,017
Hispanic	Colfax	51.4	23.7	79.1		14	31,720
Hispanic	Curry	12.2	4.9	19.6	*	11	103,349
Hispanic	De Baca	84.8	0	203.1	*	2	3,920
Hispanic	Dona Ana	14	11	16.9		92	731,466
Hispanic	Eddy	12	6.1	18		16	135,321
Hispanic	Grant	39	22.9	55.1		23	72,452
Hispanic	Guadalupe	56.1	19.1	93.1	*	9	17,865
Hispanic	Harding	0			**	0	1,488
Hispanic	Hidalgo	26.6	0	58.1	*	3	13,148
Hispanic	Lea	8.1	3.9	12.3		15	197,721
Hispanic	Lincoln	43.2	19.5	66.9		13	31,953
Hispanic	Los Alamos	37.7	4.1	71.3	*	5	15,633
Hispanic	Luna	10.8	2.7	18.9	*	7	81,389
Hispanic	McKinley	25.2	10	40.4	*	11	52,182
Hispanic	Mora	15.8	0	37.9	*	2	18,951
Hispanic	Otero	14.5	7.3	21.7		16	123,061
Hispanic	Quay	25.2	1.8	48.6	*	5	19,152
Hispanic	Rio Arriba	111.8	93.1	130.5		143	141,884
Hispanic	Roosevelt	8.4	0	18	*	3	40,454
Hispanic	Sandoval	18.7	13.4	24.1		48	264,239
Hispanic	San Juan	16.7	8.7	24.7		17	128,386
Hispanic	San Miguel	53.4	38.2	68.7		50	109,759
Hispanic	Santa Fe	37.9	31.6	44.3		139	379,283
Hispanic	Sierra	11	0	26.6	*	2	17,086
Hispanic	Socorro	32.3	13.6	50.9		12	43,443
Hispanic	Taos	28.8	16.9	40.7		23	94,454
Hispanic	Torrance	36	14.2	57.8	*	11	33,089
Hispanic	Union	12.8	0	37.9	*	1	9,025
Hispanic	Valencia	27.3	20.2	34.3		59	228,847
Hispanic	New Mexico	26.7	25.2	28.2		1,263	5,058,436
Hispanic	U.S.	**			**	0
White	Bernalillo	24.2	21.5	26.9		352	1,374,987
White	Catron	40.9	0	94.1	*	3	13,913
White	Chaves	29.5	19.8	39.3		39	135,152
White	Cibola	26.5	7.7	45.2	*	9	27,987
White	Colfax	24.1	4.3	44	*	8	30,940
White	Curry	18.8	10.7	26.9		23	126,919
White	De Baca	0			**	0	5,421
White	Dona Ana	22.9	16.7	29		63	308,682
White	Eddy	34.5	24.1	44.9		45	139,983
White	Grant	46.7	26.5	66.9		25	68,396
White	Guadalupe	14.6	0	43.2	*	1	3,729
White	Harding	0			**	0	1,936
White	Hidalgo	55.1	0	114.2	*	5	9,051
White	Lea	32.9	22.3	43.4		40	131,849
White	Lincoln	45.5	24.1	66.9		22	63,996
White	Los Alamos	19.9	7.7	32.1	*	11	67,129
White	Luna	41	15.8	66.3	*	12	38,936
White	McKinley	21.9	4	39.7	*	6	35,295
White	Mora	0			**	0	4,268
White	Otero	24.5	16.5	32.5		42	166,963
White	Quay	23.2	0	48.1	*	4	22,022
White	Rio Arriba	22.7	0	47	*	4	26,337
White	Roosevelt	14	3	25.1	*	7	53,454
White	Sandoval	20.7	15.2	26.3		62	318,452
White	San Juan	20	14.5	25.5		57	259,005
White	San Miguel	7.4	0	16.7	*	3	26,466
White	Santa Fe	23	16.6	29.4		67	324,272
White	Sierra	37.2	12.7	61.8	*	14	38,358
White	Socorro	4.6	0	11.4	*	2	31,329
White	Taos	26.9	11	42.7	*	15	60,139
White	Torrance	25.9	9	42.7	*	11	41,776
White	Union	0			**	0	11,909
White	Valencia	29.2	19.2	39.2		38	131,117
White	New Mexico	24.3	22.7	25.9		992	4,100,169
White	U.S.	**			**	0
All Races	Bernalillo	26.3	24.5	28		902	3,391,457
All Races	Catron	29.5	0	67.6	*	3	18,196
All Races	Chaves	22.9	17.4	28.5		69	330,058
All Races	Cibola	16.8	9.8	23.9		23	137,013
All Races	Colfax	38.5	21.2	55.8		22	64,499
All Races	Curry	15.4	10.3	20.6		36	252,219
All Races	De Baca	34.4	0	82.1	*	2	9,528
All Races	Dona Ana	17	14.3	19.7		164	1,080,411
All Races	Eddy	23	17.1	28.8		62	284,813
All Races	Grant	41.5	29.3	53.7		48	144,899
All Races	Guadalupe	44.9	16.6	73.1	*	10	22,544
All Races	Harding	0			**	0	3,450
All Races	Hidalgo	41	11.5	70.4	*	9	22,689
All Races	Lea	18.8	14	23.6		61	347,844
All Races	Lincoln	42.7	27.6	57.7		35	100,089
All Races	Los Alamos	20.5	10.2	30.8		16	90,641
All Races	Luna	19.2	10.2	28.1		19	123,460
All Races	McKinley	12.6	8.6	16.5		40	369,205
All Races	Mora	13.5	0	32.2	*	2	23,532
All Races	Otero	20	14.9	25.1		64	328,297
All Races	Quay	21.2	6.2	36.2	*	9	42,856
All Races	Rio Arriba	89.9	75.5	104.3		158	198,690
All Races	Roosevelt	12.1	4.7	19.6	*	11	98,680
All Races	Sandoval	19.6	16.1	23		129	697,728
All Races	San Juan	16.7	13.4	20		103	646,357
All Races	San Miguel	44.9	32.3	57.5		53	141,484
All Races	Santa Fe	32.5	28	36.9		219	740,919
All Races	Sierra	29.5	13.3	45.7		17	57,108
All Races	Socorro	19.6	9.3	29.9		15	87,411
All Races	Taos	29.2	20	38.4		42	166,393
All Races	Torrance	29.6	16.7	42.4		23	78,615
All Races	Union	4.8	0	14.1	*	1	21,876
All Races	Valencia	27.1	21.7	32.5		101	381,436
All Races	New Mexico	24.6	23.6	25.6		2,470	10,504,397
All Races	U.S.	**			**	0

Data Notes

Age-adjusted to the US 2000 standard population. All rates are per 100,000, age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population ** Excluded due to small number of deaths (< 2 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/.

Deaths due to Drug Overdose by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2013-2017

For all ages combined, Whites and Hispanics have the most deaths due to drug overdose, 24.7 per 100,000 and 26.8 per 100,000, respectively. The highest death rates occur in the 24-64 age groups.

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	2.6	0.3	4.9	*	5	190,822
1. Age 0-24	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	3.8	0	11.2	*	1	26,455
1. Age 0-24	Male, Black	6.4	0	13.7	*	3	46,654
1. Age 0-24	Male, Hispanic	8.4	6.7	10.2		89	1,054,658
1. Age 0-24	Male, White	8.3	5.8	10.8		41	494,397
1. Age 0-24	Male, All Races	7.7	6.4	8.9		139	1,812,986
1. Age 0-24	Female, American Indian	1.6	0	3.4	*	3	189,307
1. Age 0-24	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	3.9	0	11.7	*	1	25,358
1. Age 0-24	Female, Black	7.5	0	16.1	*	3	39,829
1. Age 0-24	Female, Hispanic	3.6	2.5	4.8		37	1,019,639
1. Age 0-24	Female, White	3.8	2	5.5		17	452,770
1. Age 0-24	Female, All Races	3.5	2.6	4.4		61	1,726,903
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, American Indian	2.1	0.6	3.6	*	8	380,129
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	3.9	0	9.2	*	2	51,813
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, Black	6.9	1.4	12.5	*	6	86,483
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, Hispanic	6.1	5	7.1		126	2,074,298
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, White	6.1	4.5	7.7		58	947,167
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, All Races	5.6	4.9	6.4		200	3,539,890
2. Age 25-64	Male, American Indian	33.7	26.2	41.2		77	228,465
2. Age 25-64	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	11.2	1.4	20.9	*	5	44,785
2. Age 25-64	Male, Black	50.9	33.8	68.1		34	66,737
2. Age 25-64	Male, Hispanic	61.6	57.2	66.1		750	1,216,610
2. Age 25-64	Male, White	42.7	38.8	46.6		459	1,074,810
2. Age 25-64	Male, All Races	50.8	48.1	53.6		1,338	2,631,407
2. Age 25-64	Female, American Indian	16.4	11.4	21.4		41	250,078
2. Age 25-64	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	3.5	0	8.3	*	2	57,285
2. Age 25-64	Female, Black	27.5	12.6	42.5		13	47,253
2. Age 25-64	Female, Hispanic	28.5	25.5	31.5		351	1,230,909
2. Age 25-64	Female, White	35.9	32.3	39.4		391	1,089,833
2. Age 25-64	Female, All Races	30.1	28	32.2		805	2,675,359
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, American Indian	24.7	20.2	29.1		118	478,543
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	6.9	1.8	11.9	*	7	102,070
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, Black	41.2	29.4	53		47	113,990
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, Hispanic	45	42.3	47.6		1,101	2,447,519
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, White	39.3	36.6	41.9		850	2,164,643
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, All Races	40.4	38.7	42.1		2,143	5,306,765
3. Age 65+	Male, American Indian	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Male, Black	8.6	0	25.5	*	1	11,591
3. Age 65+	Male, Hispanic	10	6	14		24	240,851
3. Age 65+	Male, White	7.2	4.7	9.6		33	459,728
3. Age 65+	Male, All Races	8.1	6	10.1		61	756,244
3. Age 65+	Female, American Indian	3.7	0	8.9	*	2	53,373
3. Age 65+	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Female, Black	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Female, Hispanic	4.1	1.8	6.4		12	295,768
3. Age 65+	Female, White	9.6	7	12.3		51	528,630
3. Age 65+	Female, All Races	7.3	5.6	9.1		66	901,498
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, American Indian	2.2	0	5.3	*	2	89,881
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, Black	4.3	0	12.8	*	1	23,181
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, Hispanic	6.7	4.5	8.9		36	536,620
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, White	8.5	6.7	10.3		84	988,358
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, All Races	7.7	6.3	9		127	1,657,742
4. All Ages	Male, American Indian	19.3	15.1	23.6		82	455,794
4. All Ages	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	6.9	1.3	12.5	*	6	78,806
4. All Ages	Male, Black	29.9	20.2	39.7		38	124,981
4. All Ages	Male, Hispanic	36.6	34.1	39.1		863	2,512,120
4. All Ages	Male, White	27.1	24.7	29.5		533	2,028,936
4. All Ages	Male, All Races	31.1	29.5	32.7		1,538	5,200,637
4. All Ages	Female, American Indian	9.9	7	12.9		46	492,758
4. All Ages	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	3.1	0	6.7	*	3	94,780
4. All Ages	Female, Black	16.8	8.4	25.3		16	98,673
4. All Ages	Female, Hispanic	16.8	15.2	18.5		400	2,546,317
4. All Ages	Female, White	21.2	19.1	23.4		459	2,071,233
4. All Ages	Female, All Races	18	16.8	19.2		932	5,303,760
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, American Indian	14.5	11.9	17.1		128	948,552
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	4.8	1.6	7.9	*	9	173,586
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, Black	24.5	17.8	31.2		54	223,654
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, Hispanic	26.7	25.2	28.2		1,263	5,058,436
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, White	24.3	22.7	25.9		992	4,100,169
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, All Races	24.6	23.6	25.6		2,470	10,504,397

Data Notes

Age-adjusted to the US 2000 standard population. Age-specific rates (e.g., Ages 0-24) are per 100,000; all-ages rate is per 100,000, 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/.

Deaths due to Drug Overdose by Small Area, New Mexico, 2012-2016

Small Area	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Note	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 112
1-Bernalillo County, Central Penn	54.5	42.0	67.0		75	139,434
2-Bernalillo County, Central Tabo	35.1	25.8	44.5		57	157,420
3-Bernalillo County, East Gateway	24.3	13.2	35.4		21	98,426
4-Bernalillo County, Lomas San Mateo	33.4	22.0	44.7		36	103,045
5-Bernalillo County, Lomas Girard	16.2	6.1	26.4	Unstable	12	75,436
6-Bernalillo County, Gibson University	33.4	18.3	48.5		21	65,552
7-Bernalillo County, Rio Bravo Second	28.1	12.7	43.6		13	48,707
8-Bernalillo County, Lomas Broadway	48.1	34.3	61.9		49	103,091
9-Military Bases	8.7	0.0	25.8	Very Unstable	1	57,532
10-Bernalillo County, Isleta Gun Club	39.9	23.8	55.9		25	69,201
11-Bernalillo County, Arenal Unser	24.9	14.0	35.8		21	85,684
12-Bernalillo County, Chavez OneEighteenth	20.0	11.6	28.3		23	125,867
13-Bernalillo County, Southwest	11.2	3.3	19.0	Unstable	8	63,719
14-Bernalillo County, Arenal Tapia	38.8	26.4	51.1		39	98,747
15-Bernalillo County, Central Coors	39.9	27.8	52.0		43	113,985
16-Bernalillo County, So. Ninetyeight	25.9	16.9	34.9		34	145,185
17-Bernalillo County, No. Ninetyeight	21.3	13.3	29.3		28	128,966
18-Bernalillo County, Montano Rio Grande	16.2	4.4	28.0	Unstable	8	62,250
19-Bernalillo County, Candelaria Second	34.2	21.3	47.1		29	87,146
20-Bernalillo County, Comanche Carlysle	43.5	29.1	57.8		37	88,725
21-Bernalillo County, Indian School Pennsylvania	27.9	18.7	37.1		38	130,516
22-Bernalillo County, Indian School Juan Tabo	38.6	25.6	51.6		36	100,507
23-Bernalillo County, Montgomery Louisiana	28.2	18.0	38.4		32	109,741
24-Bernalillo County, Montgomery Moon	22.8	10.8	34.7		15	65,145
25-Bernalillo County, Comanche Juan Tabo	21.3	11.2	31.4		18	91,294
26-Bernalillo County, Paseo Louisiana	24.1	13.8	34.3		22	101,735
27-Bernalillo County, Paseo Ventura	15.9	7.9	24.0		17	141,441
28-Bernalillo County, East Mountain	23.6	12.5	34.8		23	96,709
29-Bernalillo County, Del Norte	8.5	2.8	14.1	Unstable	9	97,940
30-Bernalillo County, Montano Coors	18.3	7.6	28.9		12	66,571
31-Bernalillo County, Alameda Coors	15.4	8.0	22.9		18	119,651
32-Bernalillo County, Alameda Edith	31.1	19.9	42.3		31	102,169
33-Bernalillo County, Academy Tramway	17.0	9.5	24.5		23	141,324
34-Bernalillo County, Irving Unser	17.7	10.7	24.8		25	141,374
35-Chaves County, Roswell N.W.	19.7	12.4	27.0		30	160,391
36-Chaves County, Roswell S.E.	31.8	18.3	45.3		22	81,675
37-Chaves County, Other	8.4	2.1	14.7	Unstable	7	88,343
38-Cibola County	16.0	9.2	22.8		22	137,215
39-Colfax/Union Counties	26.5	14.6	38.4		21	87,769
40-Curry County, Clovis West	12.6	4.2	21.0	Unstable	9	81,289
41-Curry County, Clovis East	13.6	6.5	20.6		15	108,039
42-Dona Ana County, Anthony Berino Chaparral	10.7	4.5	16.9		12	119,457
43-Dona Ana County, Central Las Cruces	36.1	23.0	49.3		31	93,169
44-Dona Ana County, Dona Ana Fort Selden	14.1	7.1	21.2		16	120,723
45-Dona Ana County, Hatch and Surrounding Area	13.0	2.9	23.2	Unstable	7	60,687
46-Dona Ana County, Las Alturas Talavera	15.7	3.6	27.7	Unstable	8	65,017
47-Dona Ana County, Mesilla Picacho Mesilla Park	13.1	3.6	22.7	Unstable	8	60,523
48-Dona Ana County, Northwest Las Cruces	21.1	12.6	29.5		25	130,278
49-Dona Ana County, Sonoma Butterfield Moongate	18.2	10.8	25.7		24	143,434
50-Dona Ana County, South Valley	10.9	2.1	19.8	Unstable	6	73,830
51-Dona Ana County, Sunland Park	8.4	2.1	14.7	Unstable	7	95,788
52-Dona Ana County, South Las Cruces	21.1	9.7	32.4		15	106,758
53-Eddy County, Carlsbad	28.8	19.5	38.1		38	149,166
54-Eddy County, Other	14.6	7.9	21.3		19	132,529
55-Grant County, Silver City	36.3	21.6	51.0		25	84,011
56-Hidalgo County/Grant County, Other	32.4	18.3	46.5		23	85,176
57-Lea County, Hobbs No.	15.2	7.4	22.9		15	106,084
58-Lea County, Hobbs So.	28.3	15.0	41.5		18	72,358
59-Lea County, Other	13.2	7.3	19.1		20	165,214
60-Lincoln County	43.4	28.4	58.5		36	101,056
61-Los Alamos County	16.1	7.1	25.2		13	90,096
62-Luna County	17.0	8.6	25.3		17	124,128
63-McKinley County, Gallup	17.0	9.2	24.8		19	124,396
64-McKinley County, NW	10.5	2.6	18.4	Unstable	7	82,217
65-McKinley County, SW	9.7	2.9	16.4	Unstable	8	99,108
66-McKinley County, Other	12.7	3.2	22.2	Unstable	7	64,223
67-San Miguel County, Las Vegas	56.3	37.2	75.5		37	78,078
68-San Miguel County, Pecos/Villanueva	40.2	19.2	61.3		15	43,256
69-Mora/Guadalupe/San Miguel East	29.3	15.0	43.6		17	67,745
70-Otero County, Alamogordo N.E.	17.9	8.8	27.1		16	90,734
71-Otero County, Alamogordo S.W.	32.6	19.0	46.2		24	78,832
72-Otero County, Other	19.3	12.0	26.5		29	141,024
73-Quay/DeBaca/Harding Counties	25.9	10.8	41.1		13	56,339
74-Rio Arriba, Espanola and Pueblos	93.3	76.2	110.4		119	140,177
75-Rio Arriba, North	43.1	24.9	61.4		23	59,412
76-Roosevelt County/Curry County, Other	14.3	7.9	20.7		20	150,168
77-San Juan County, Farmington North	13.9	6.0	21.7		13	83,679
78-San Juan County, Farmington Southeast	26.2	13.5	38.8		17	76,400
79-San Juan County, Farmington West/Kirtland/La Plata	13.0	6.0	19.9		14	120,206
80-San Juan County, North/Aztec	16.9	9.7	24.1		22	126,882
81-San Juan County, Northeast/Bloomfield	21.8	11.1	32.5		17	79,628
82-San Juan County, South	17.3	7.4	27.3		12	78,672
83-San Juan County, West	12.1	4.4	19.8	Unstable	10	83,438
84-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho Blvd, No.	16.5	9.9	23.0		25	150,213
85-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho Blvd, So.	12.1	3.3	20.8	Unstable	8	74,540
86-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho West	23.7	15.3	32.2		31	129,404
87-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho So.	22.5	13.7	31.2		26	118,741
88-Sandoval County, Bernalillo/Placitas	24.8	12.8	36.8		20	75,966
89-Sandoval County, Corrales	10.6	0.0	21.5	Very Unstable	4	43,429
90-Sandoval County Other East	9.4	0.2	18.6	Very Unstable	4	48,194
91-Sandoval County Other West	24.4	8.7	40.1	Unstable	10	50,430
92-Santa Fe County, East Foothills + Eldorado	19.6	9.5	29.7		16	117,864
93-Santa Fe County, Opera Vicinity	22.0	8.9	35.2	Unstable	13	71,240
94-Santa Fe County, Pueblos Plus	61.6	44.0	79.2		50	99,725
95-Santa Fe Co., Agua Fria Neighborhood + Downtown	57.6	42.8	72.4		65	119,631
96-Santa Fe County, Agua Fria Village	28.0	15.7	40.4		20	69,847
97-Santa Fe, Bellamah/Stamm	37.3	23.6	51.1		31	91,112
98-Santa Fe County, Airport Road	20.5	11.2	29.7		19	90,877
99-Santa Fe County, South	11.5	3.6	19.4	Unstable	9	77,409
101-Sierra/Catron Counties	37.1	19.7	54.4		24	76,051
102-Socorro County	22.2	11.3	33.2		17	87,846
103-Torrance County	28.7	16.2	41.1		23	79,065
104-Taos County, Northwest	29.7	12.2	47.3	Unstable	13	47,097
105-Taos County, Downtown and High Road	31.7	20.6	42.8		34	119,428
106-Valencia County, Los Lunas	19.8	9.8	29.8		16	81,129
107-Valencia County, NE	14.2	6.3	22.0		13	80,367
108-Valencia County, SE	22.8	13.6	32.0		25	115,047
109-Valencia County, West and Belen	26.7	16.6	36.8		28	106,422
New Mexico	24.0	23.0	25.0		2,411	10,494,122
United States	19.8			U.S. Data are from 2016.

Data Notes

Age-adjusted to the US 2000 standard population.

Data Source

New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), New Mexico Department of Health.

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Deaths due to Drug Overdose by County, New Mexico, 2013-2017

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Deaths due to Drug Overdose by Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2013-2017

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Deaths due to Drug Overdose by U.S. States, 2017

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Deaths due to Drug Overdose by County and Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2013-2017

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Deaths due to Drug Overdose by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2013-2017

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Deaths due to Drug Overdose by Small Area, New Mexico, 2012-2016

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