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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., 1990-2016

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: 54
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			497	2,103,586
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

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, 2012-2016

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	27.1	25.3	28.8		923	3,391,730
Catron	55	2.9	107.1	*	5	18,373
Chaves	19.5	14.4	24.6		59	330,898
Cibola	17.4	10.3	24.5		24	137,646
Colfax	35.4	18.9	51.8		20	65,706
Curry	13	8.3	17.6		31	252,120
De Baca	18	0	53.2	*	1	9,673
Dona Ana	17.3	14.6	20		166	1,080,117
Eddy	21.8	16	27.5		57	282,115
Grant	34.4	23.3	45.5		40	146,320
Guadalupe	40.3	13.3	67.3	*	9	22,763
Harding	0			**	0	3,442
Hidalgo	36.8	9.1	64.6	*	8	23,116
Lea	17.3	12.6	21.9		55	344,169
Lincoln	43.4	28.3	58.4		36	101,205
Los Alamos	16	7	25		13	90,230
Luna	16.9	8.6	25.3		17	124,311
McKinley	13.6	9.5	17.7		44	370,992
Mora	27.9	2.7	53.1	*	5	23,793
Otero	20.7	15.5	25.9		66	326,851
Quay	29.3	11.5	47	*	12	43,297
Rio Arriba	89.9	75.6	104.2		160	199,981
Roosevelt	16.7	8	25.5		15	99,982
Sandoval	19	15.6	22.4		125	691,947
San Juan	17.5	14.1	20.9		107	628,595
San Miguel	43.4	31.3	55.5		54	142,799
Santa Fe	32.3	27.9	36.7		223	738,799
Sierra	33.6	15.9	51.3		19	57,790
Socorro	20.4	10.1	30.8		16	87,975
Taos	32.1	22.6	41.5		49	166,772
Torrance	25.9	13.9	37.9		20	79,181
Union	4.5	0	13.3	*	1	22,192
Valencia	22.2	17.4	27.1		84	383,531
NM	24.6	23.6	25.5		2,465	10,488,411
US	16.4

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, 2012-2016

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	15.7	13	18.3		135	922,517
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.7	2.3	9	*	11	172,685
Black/African American	22.6	16.3	28.9		52	227,756
Hispanic	26.9	25.4	28.4		1,250	5,003,103
White	23.6	22	25.2		988	4,162,350
New Mexico	24.6	23.6	25.5		2,465	10,488,411

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, 2016

State	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 52
Alabama	16.2	15	17.4	756	4,863,300
Alaska	16.8	13.9	19.8	128	741,894
Arizona	20.3	19.2	21.4	1,382	6,931,071
Arkansas	14	12.6	15.4	401	2,988,248
California	11.2	10.9	11.5	4,654	39,250,017
Colorado	16.6	15.5	17.7	942	5,540,545
Connecticut	27.4	25.6	29.2	971	3,576,452
Delaware	30.8	27.1	34.5	282	952,065
District of Columbia	38.8	34.1	43.5	269	681,170
Florida	23.7	23	24.4	4,728	20,612,439
Georgia	13.3	12.6	14	1,394	10,310,371
Hawaii	12.8	10.9	14.6	191	1,428,557
Idaho	15.2	13.3	17.2	243	1,683,140
Illinois	18.9	18.1	19.6	2,411	12,801,539
Indiana	24	22.7	25.2	1,526	6,633,053
Iowa	10.6	9.4	11.8	314	3,134,693
Kansas	11.1	9.8	12.3	313	2,907,289
Kentucky	33.5	31.8	35.3	1,419	4,436,974
Louisiana	21.8	20.4	23.2	996	4,681,666
Maine	28.7	25.6	31.8	353	1,331,479
Maryland	33.2	31.8	34.7	2,044	6,016,447
Massachucetts	33	31.6	34.4	2,227	6,811,779
Michigan	24.4	23.4	25.4	2,347	9,928,300
Minnesota	12.5	11.5	13.4	672	5,519,952
Mississippi	12.1	10.8	13.4	352	2,988,726
Missouri	23.6	22.4	24.9	1,371	6,093,000
Montana	11.7	9.5	13.8	119	1,042,520
Nebraska	6.4	5.3	7.6	120	1,907,116
Nevada	21.7	20	23.3	665	2,940,058
New Hampshire	39	35.4	42.6	481	1,334,795
New Jersey	23.2	22.2	24.2	2,056	8,944,469
New Mexico	25.2	22.9	27.5	500	2,081,015
New York	18	17.4	18.6	3,638	19,745,289
North Carolina	19.7	18.8	20.6	1,956	10,146,788
North Dakota	10.6	8.3	13.3	77	757,952
Ohio	39.1	37.9	40.3	4,329	11,614,373
Oklahoma	21.5	20	23	813	3,923,561
Oregon	11.9	10.9	13	506	4,093,465
Pennsylvania	37.9	36.7	39	4,627	12,784,227
Rhode Island	30.8	27.4	34.3	326	1,056,426
South Carolina	18.1	16.9	19.3	879	4,961,119
South Dakota	8.4	6.5	10.7	69	865,454
Tennessee	24.5	23.3	25.7	1,630	6,651,194
Texas	10.1	9.8	10.5	2,831	27,862,596
Utah	22.4	20.6	24.1	635	3,051,217
Vermont	22.2	18.2	26.2	125	624,594
Virginia	16.7	15.9	17.6	1,405	8,411,808
Washington	14.5	13.6	15.4	1,102	7,288,000
West Virginia	52	48.5	55.5	884	1,831,102
Wisconsin	19.3	18.1	20.5	1,074	5,778,708
Wyoming	17.6	14.2	21.5	99	585,501
United States	19.8	19.6	19.9	63,632	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, 2012-2016

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: 280
American Indian/Alaska Native	Bernalillo	22.5	14.8	30.3		34	143,172
American Indian/Alaska Native	Catron	0			**	0	465
American Indian/Alaska Native	Chaves	36.6	0	108.1	*	1	3,058
American Indian/Alaska Native	Cibola	8.6	0.1	17	*	4	53,787
American Indian/Alaska Native	Colfax	0			**	0	803
American Indian/Alaska Native	Curry	39.3	0	116	*	1	2,011
American Indian/Alaska Native	De Baca	0			**	0	75
American Indian/Alaska Native	Dona Ana	0			**	0	9,456
American Indian/Alaska Native	Eddy	26.6	0	78.8	*	1	3,155
American Indian/Alaska Native	Grant	0			**	0	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	2,957
American Indian/Alaska Native	Lincoln	49.9	0	147.5	*	1	2,742
American Indian/Alaska Native	Los Alamos	0			**	0	724
American Indian/Alaska Native	Luna	0			**	0	890
American Indian/Alaska Native	McKinley	11.3	7	15.7		27	273,445
American Indian/Alaska Native	Mora	0			**	0	78
American Indian/Alaska Native	Otero	14.3	0	30.6	*	3	19,988
American Indian/Alaska Native	Quay	0			**	0	374
American Indian/Alaska Native	Rio Arriba	38	14	62	*	10	28,161
American Indian/Alaska Native	Roosevelt	0			**	0	1,163
American Indian/Alaska Native	Sandoval	13.1	4.9	21.3	*	10	85,853
American Indian/Alaska Native	San Juan	14.4	9.2	19.5		31	232,111
American Indian/Alaska Native	San Miguel	0			**	0	1,463
American Indian/Alaska Native	Santa Fe	33.5	6.2	60.8	*	6	18,764
American Indian/Alaska Native	Sierra	109.1	0	322.1	*	1	735
American Indian/Alaska Native	Socorro	9.9	0	29.2	*	1	10,148
American Indian/Alaska Native	Taos	9.2	0	27.4	*	1	9,461
American Indian/Alaska Native	Torrance	45.3	0	134	*	1	1,771
American Indian/Alaska Native	Union	0			**	0	254
American Indian/Alaska Native	Valencia	15.2	0	36.6	*	2	13,713
American Indian/Alaska Native	NM	15.7	13	18.3		135	922,517
Asian/Pacific Islander	Bernalillo	5.7	1.1	10.2	*	6	92,997
Asian/Pacific Islander	Catron	0			**	0	28
Asian/Pacific Islander	Chaves	39.4	0	116.5	*	1	2,870
Asian/Pacific Islander	Cibola	0			**	0	892
Asian/Pacific Islander	Colfax	0			**	0	351
Asian/Pacific Islander	Curry	0			**	0	4,461
Asian/Pacific Islander	De Baca	0			**	0	6
Asian/Pacific Islander	Dona Ana	5.3	0	15.7	*	1	13,569
Asian/Pacific Islander	Eddy	0			**	0	2,109
Asian/Pacific Islander	Grant	0			**	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	1,910
Asian/Pacific Islander	Lincoln	0			**	0	456
Asian/Pacific Islander	Los Alamos	0			**	0	6,135
Asian/Pacific Islander	Luna	0			**	0	740
Asian/Pacific Islander	McKinley	0			**	0	3,374
Asian/Pacific Islander	Mora	0			**	0	36
Asian/Pacific Islander	Otero	0			**	0	5,412
Asian/Pacific Islander	Quay	0			**	0	421
Asian/Pacific Islander	Rio Arriba	0			**	0	813
Asian/Pacific Islander	Roosevelt	0			**	0	1,487
Asian/Pacific Islander	Sandoval	10.6	0	31.4	*	1	11,815
Asian/Pacific Islander	San Juan	0			**	0	3,968
Asian/Pacific Islander	San Miguel	0			**	0	1,330
Asian/Pacific Islander	Santa Fe	16.7	0	39.9	*	2	10,445
Asian/Pacific Islander	Sierra	0			**	0	274
Asian/Pacific Islander	Socorro	0			**	0	1,013
Asian/Pacific Islander	Taos	0			**	0	1,277
Asian/Pacific Islander	Torrance	0			**	0	470
Asian/Pacific Islander	Union	0			**	0	135
Asian/Pacific Islander	Valencia	0			**	0	2,550
Asian/Pacific Islander	NM	5.7	2.3	9	*	11	172,685
Black	Bernalillo	29.2	18.5	39.9		30	100,418
Black	Catron	0			**	0	177
Black	Chaves	21.5	0	51.2	*	2	6,001
Black	Cibola	0			**	0	1,791
Black	Colfax	0			**	0	425
Black	Curry	5.9	0	17.4	*	1	15,663
Black	De Baca	0			**	0	37
Black	Dona Ana	20	0	40.1	*	4	18,020
Black	Eddy	0			**	0	4,331
Black	Grant	0			**	0	1,432
Black	Guadalupe	0			**	0	340
Black	Harding	0			**	0	5
Black	Hidalgo	0			**	0	122
Black	Lea	41.5	7.9	75.1	*	6	13,505
Black	Lincoln	0			**	0	799
Black	Los Alamos	0			**	0	936
Black	Luna	0			**	0	1,319
Black	McKinley	41.5	0	122.9	*	1	4,263
Black	Mora	0			**	0	70
Black	Otero	29.9	0	64.4	*	3	12,772
Black	Quay	0			**	0	694
Black	Rio Arriba	0			**	0	1,037
Black	Roosevelt	113.7	0	335.7	*	1	2,220
Black	Sandoval	13.2	0	31.5	*	2	16,429
Black	San Juan	19	0	56.3	*	1	6,278
Black	San Miguel	0			**	0	2,219
Black	Santa Fe	0			**	0	7,168
Black	Sierra	0			**	0	484
Black	Socorro	0			**	0	1,059
Black	Taos	0			**	0	1,055
Black	Torrance	0			**	0	1,386
Black	Union	0			**	0	422
Black	Valencia	21.1	0	62.5	*	1	4,879
Black	NM	22.6	16.3	28.9		52	227,756
Hispanic	Bernalillo	30	27.3	32.7		481	1,662,387
Hispanic	Catron	0			**	0	3,463
Hispanic	Chaves	14.3	8.2	20.3		22	181,245
Hispanic	Cibola	20	7.5	32.4	*	10	51,976
Hispanic	Colfax	44.1	18.5	69.6		12	32,301
Hispanic	Curry	9.9	3.3	16.4	*	9	101,454
Hispanic	De Baca	46.6	0	137.9	*	1	3,900
Hispanic	Dona Ana	13.8	10.9	16.7		89	721,546
Hispanic	Eddy	14.9	7.9	21.9		18	131,250
Hispanic	Grant	30.8	16.4	45.1		18	72,537
Hispanic	Guadalupe	49.7	14.7	84.8	*	8	18,225
Hispanic	Harding	0			**	0	1,472
Hispanic	Hidalgo	26.4	0	57.6	*	3	13,251
Hispanic	Lea	7.1	3	11.2		12	190,892
Hispanic	Lincoln	44.6	20	69.2		13	31,856
Hispanic	Los Alamos	17.6	0	42	*	2	14,951
Hispanic	Luna	9	1.7	16.3	*	6	80,527
Hispanic	McKinley	25	10	40	*	11	51,964
Hispanic	Mora	33	3.3	62.7	*	5	19,344
Hispanic	Otero	17.3	9.2	25.4		18	119,961
Hispanic	Quay	26.9	2.3	51.5	*	5	19,309
Hispanic	Rio Arriba	111.9	93.3	130.4		145	143,183
Hispanic	Roosevelt	15.5	1.8	29.2	*	5	40,309
Hispanic	Sandoval	20.1	14.5	25.7		50	258,280
Hispanic	San Juan	17.5	9.3	25.7		18	124,404
Hispanic	San Miguel	51.5	36.8	66.3		50	110,143
Hispanic	Santa Fe	37.7	31.4	44		139	378,491
Hispanic	Sierra	11	0	26.6	*	2	17,033
Hispanic	Socorro	31.9	13.4	50.4		12	43,565
Hispanic	Taos	32.1	19.6	44.7		26	93,802
Hispanic	Torrance	36.6	14.4	58.7	*	11	32,568
Hispanic	Union	12.3	0	36.5	*	1	9,127
Hispanic	Valencia	22.5	16.1	28.9		48	228,385
Hispanic	NM	26.9	25.4	28.4		1,250	5,003,103
White	Bernalillo	24.5	21.8	27.2		362	1,392,756
White	Catron	76.3	3.7	148.8	*	5	14,240
White	Chaves	25.5	16.3	34.7		33	137,725
White	Cibola	28.8	9.6	48	*	10	29,200
White	Colfax	25.2	5.1	45.2	*	8	31,826
White	Curry	16.4	8.8	23.9		20	128,530
White	De Baca	0			**	0	5,655
White	Dona Ana	24.3	18.1	30.4		69	317,526
White	Eddy	28.5	19.1	37.9		38	141,270
White	Grant	41.8	22.8	60.8		22	69,912
White	Guadalupe	14.2	0	42.1	*	1	3,727
White	Harding	0			**	0	1,964
White	Hidalgo	45.9	0	97.6	*	4	9,574
White	Lea	29.4	19.6	39.3		37	134,904
White	Lincoln	43.7	23.3	64.1		22	65,351
White	Los Alamos	19.5	7.5	31.6	*	11	67,485
White	Luna	36.7	12.9	60.6	*	11	40,835
White	McKinley	17.4	1.8	33	*	5	37,946
White	Mora	0			**	0	4,265
White	Otero	23	15.4	30.6		41	168,719
White	Quay	36.3	6.6	66	*	7	22,499
White	Rio Arriba	22.1	0	45.6	*	4	26,787
White	Roosevelt	16.3	5	27.6	*	9	54,803
White	Sandoval	18.6	13.5	23.8		57	319,570
White	San Juan	19.4	14	24.8		56	261,834
White	San Miguel	10.5	0	21.7	*	4	27,644
White	Santa Fe	23.4	17.1	29.8		71	323,930
White	Sierra	43.9	16.7	71.1	*	16	39,264
White	Socorro	7.7	0	16.8	*	3	32,191
White	Taos	35.1	17.5	52.6		21	61,177
White	Torrance	19.1	4.8	33.4	*	8	42,986
White	Union	0			**	0	12,254
White	Valencia	21.9	13.6	30.2		32	134,003
White	NM	23.6	22	25.2		988	4,162,350
All Races	Bernalillo	27.1	25.3	28.8		923	3,391,730
All Races	Catron	55	2.9	107.1	*	5	18,373
All Races	Chaves	19.5	14.4	24.6		59	330,898
All Races	Cibola	17.4	10.3	24.5		24	137,646
All Races	Colfax	35.4	18.9	51.8		20	65,706
All Races	Curry	13	8.3	17.6		31	252,120
All Races	De Baca	18	0	53.2	*	1	9,673
All Races	Dona Ana	17.3	14.6	20		166	1,080,117
All Races	Eddy	21.8	16	27.5		57	282,115
All Races	Grant	34.4	23.3	45.5		40	146,320
All Races	Guadalupe	40.3	13.3	67.3	*	9	22,763
All Races	Harding	0			**	0	3,442
All Races	Hidalgo	36.8	9.1	64.6	*	8	23,116
All Races	Lea	17.3	12.6	21.9		55	344,169
All Races	Lincoln	43.4	28.3	58.4		36	101,205
All Races	Los Alamos	16	7	25		13	90,230
All Races	Luna	16.9	8.6	25.3		17	124,311
All Races	McKinley	13.6	9.5	17.7		44	370,992
All Races	Mora	27.9	2.7	53.1	*	5	23,793
All Races	Otero	20.7	15.5	25.9		66	326,851
All Races	Quay	29.3	11.5	47	*	12	43,297
All Races	Rio Arriba	89.9	75.6	104.2		160	199,981
All Races	Roosevelt	16.7	8	25.5		15	99,982
All Races	Sandoval	19	15.6	22.4		125	691,947
All Races	San Juan	17.5	14.1	20.9		107	628,595
All Races	San Miguel	43.4	31.3	55.5		54	142,799
All Races	Santa Fe	32.3	27.9	36.7		223	738,799
All Races	Sierra	33.6	15.9	51.3		19	57,790
All Races	Socorro	20.4	10.1	30.8		16	87,975
All Races	Taos	32.1	22.6	41.5		49	166,772
All Races	Torrance	25.9	13.9	37.9		20	79,181
All Races	Union	4.5	0	13.3	*	1	22,192
All Races	Valencia	22.2	17.4	27.1		84	383,531
All Races	NM	24.6	23.6	25.5		2,465	10,488,411

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, 2012-2016

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	4.8	1.7	7.9	*	9	188,003
1. Age 0-24	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	3.7	0	11	*	1	27,007
1. Age 0-24	Male, Black	8.2	0.2	16.2	*	4	48,923
1. Age 0-24	Male, Hispanic	8.5	6.7	10.2		89	1,051,430
1. Age 0-24	Male, White	7.8	5.4	10.2		40	512,333
1. Age 0-24	Male, All Races	7.8	6.5	9.1		143	1,827,696
1. Age 0-24	Female, American Indian	1.6	0	3.4	*	3	186,890
1. Age 0-24	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	3.9	0	11.6	*	1	25,536
1. Age 0-24	Female, Black	7.2	0	15.3	*	3	41,860
1. Age 0-24	Female, Hispanic	3.7	2.5	4.9		38	1,016,745
1. Age 0-24	Female, White	3.4	1.7	5.1		16	466,307
1. Age 0-24	Female, All Races	3.5	2.6	4.4		61	1,737,338
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, American Indian	3.2	1.4	5		12	374,893
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	3.8	0	9.1	*	2	52,543
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, Black	7.7	2	13.4	*	7	90,784
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, Hispanic	6.1	5.1	7.2		127	2,068,176
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, White	5.7	4.2	7.2		56	978,639
1. Age 0-24	Both Sexes, All Races	5.7	4.9	6.5		204	3,565,034
2. Age 25-64	Male, American Indian	34	26.3	41.7		75	220,708
2. Age 25-64	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	11.1	1.4	20.7	*	5	45,242
2. Age 25-64	Male, Black	46.2	29.9	62.4		31	67,156
2. Age 25-64	Male, Hispanic	61.6	57.1	66		740	1,201,742
2. Age 25-64	Male, White	39.9	36.2	43.7		441	1,103,982
2. Age 25-64	Male, All Races	49.6	46.9	52.3		1,309	2,638,831
2. Age 25-64	Female, American Indian	19.4	13.8	24.9		47	242,514
2. Age 25-64	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	7.1	0.1	14	*	4	56,715
2. Age 25-64	Female, Black	25.3	11	39.6		12	47,433
2. Age 25-64	Female, Hispanic	28.7	25.7	31.7		349	1,217,214
2. Age 25-64	Female, White	36.8	33.3	40.4		411	1,116,561
2. Age 25-64	Female, All Races	31	28.9	33.1		830	2,680,436
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, American Indian	26.3	21.7	31		122	463,222
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	8.8	3.1	14.6	*	9	101,957
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, Black	37.5	26.3	48.7		43	114,589
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, Hispanic	45	42.3	47.7		1,089	2,418,956
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, White	38.4	35.8	40.9		852	2,220,543
2. Age 25-64	Both Sexes, All Races	40.2	38.5	41.9		2,139	5,319,267
3. Age 65+	Male, American Indian	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Male, Black	18.1	0	43.2	*	2	11,035
3. Age 65+	Male, Hispanic	9.5	5.5	13.5		22	231,524
3. Age 65+	Male, White	6.9	4.5	9.4		31	446,330
3. Age 65+	Male, All Races	8.1	6	10.1		59	730,156
3. Age 65+	Female, American Indian	2	0	5.9	*	1	49,969
3. Age 65+	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Female, Black	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Female, Hispanic	4.2	1.8	6.6		12	284,447
3. Age 65+	Female, White	9.5	6.8	12.1		49	516,837
3. Age 65+	Female, All Races	7.2	5.4	9		63	873,953
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, American Indian	1.2	0	3.5	*	1	84,402
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	0	0		**	0
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, Black	8.9	0	21.3	*	2	22,383
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, Hispanic	6.6	4.4	8.8		34	515,971
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, White	8.3	6.5	10.1		80	963,168
3. Age 65+	Both Sexes, All Races	7.6	6.3	9		122	1,604,110
4. All Ages	Male, American Indian	20.3	15.9	24.7		84	443,144
4. All Ages	Male, Asian/Pacific Islander	6.9	1.3	12.4	*	6	79,083
4. All Ages	Male, Black	28.4	19	37.7		37	127,115
4. All Ages	Male, Hispanic	36.7	34.2	39.3		851	2,484,697
4. All Ages	Male, White	25.2	22.9	27.5		512	2,062,645
4. All Ages	Male, All Races	30.5	28.9	32.1		1,511	5,196,683
4. All Ages	Female, American Indian	11.3	8.1	14.4		51	479,373
4. All Ages	Female, Asian/Pacific Islander	4.7	0.5	9	*	5	93,603
4. All Ages	Female, Black	14.7	7.1	22.3		15	100,641
4. All Ages	Female, Hispanic	17.1	15.4	18.8		399	2,518,406
4. All Ages	Female, White	21.7	19.6	23.9		476	2,099,705
4. All Ages	Female, All Races	18.5	17.3	19.7		954	5,291,728
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, American Indian	15.7	13	18.3		135	922,517
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, Asian/Pacific Islander	5.7	2.3	9	*	11	172,685
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, Black	22.6	16.3	28.9		52	227,756
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, Hispanic	26.9	25.4	28.4		1,250	5,003,103
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, White	23.6	22	25.2		988	4,162,350
4. All Ages	Both Sexes, All Races	24.6	23.6	25.5		2,465	10,488,411

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, 2010-2014

Small Area	Deaths per 100,000 Population, Age-adjusted	Lower Limit	Upper Limit	Note	Numer- ator	Denom- inator
Record Count: 111
1-Bernalillo County, Central Penn	57.0	44.1	69.9		77	138,145
2-Bernalillo County, Central Tabo	35.5	25.9	45.1		55	156,095
3-Bernalillo County, East Gateway	20.8	10.6	31.0		18	97,778
4-Bernalillo County, Lomas San Mateo	31.4	20.8	42.0		36	103,049
5-Bernalillo County, Lomas Girard	11.9	3.8	20.1	Warning, value is unstable	10	75,387
6-Bernalillo County, Gibson University	38.9	23.2	54.6		26	64,968
7-Bernalillo County, Rio Bravo Second	31.6	15.5	47.7		15	48,238
8-Bernalillo County, Lomas Broadway	65.6	49.8	81.5		69	102,664
9-Military Bases	8.6	0.0	25.3	Warning, value very unstable	1	55,485
10-Bernalillo County, Isleta Gun Club	41.1	25.0	57.2		27	68,910
11-Bernalillo County, Arenal Unser	25.2	14.1	36.3		21	84,817
12-Bernalillo County, Chavez OneEighteenth	23.1	14.0	32.2		26	124,046
13-Bernalillo County, Southwest	14.1	5.2	22.9	Warning, value is unstable	10	62,711
14-Bernalillo County, Arenal Tapia	37.1	24.8	49.5		36	98,168
15-Bernalillo County, Central Coors	37.9	26.1	49.6		41	113,222
16-Bernalillo County, So. Ninetyeight	19.1	11.5	26.8		26	143,698
17-Bernalillo County, No. Ninetyeight	20.6	12.8	28.3		28	127,824
18-Bernalillo County, Montano Rio Grande	19.8	7.0	32.5	Warning, value is unstable	11	62,331
19-Bernalillo County, Candelaria Second	40.2	25.7	54.7		32	86,798
20-Bernalillo County, Comanche Carlysle	35.2	22.3	48.0		30	88,023
21-Bernalillo County, Indian School Pennsylvania	23.3	14.9	31.7		32	130,783
22-Bernalillo County, Indian School Juan Tabo	30.6	19.2	42.0		29	100,179
23-Bernalillo County, Montgomery Louisiana	33.0	21.8	44.2		36	109,192
24-Bernalillo County, Montgomery Moon	21.5	9.9	33.2		14	65,006
25-Bernalillo County, Comanche Juan Tabo	22.2	12.2	32.2		20	91,152
26-Bernalillo County, Paseo Louisiana	25.0	14.6	35.3		23	101,617
27-Bernalillo County, Paseo Ventura	16.0	8.0	24.1		17	141,382
28-Bernalillo County, East Mountain	22.7	11.3	34.0		20	96,596
29-Bernalillo County, Del Norte	12.6	5.4	19.8		12	97,397
30-Bernalillo County, Montano Coors	16.3	6.4	26.2	Warning, value is unstable	11	66,138
31-Bernalillo County, Alameda Coors	16.6	9.2	24.0		20	118,191
32-Bernalillo County, Alameda Edith	25.4	15.5	35.4		26	101,893
33-Bernalillo County, Academy Tramway	13.0	6.7	19.3		19	141,611
34-Bernalillo County, Irving Unser	17.2	10.1	24.3		23	140,165
35-Chaves County, Roswell N.W.	18.7	11.5	26.0		28	160,613
36-Chaves County, Roswell S.E.	32.3	18.8	45.9		23	81,505
37-Chaves County, Other	13.5	5.4	21.6	Warning, value is unstable	11	88,091
38-Cibola County	11.3	5.7	16.9		16	137,014
39-Colfax/Union Counties	22.3	11.6	33.1		18	90,015
40-Curry County, Clovis West	14.5	5.7	23.3	Warning, value is unstable	11	80,382
41-Curry County, Clovis East	7.6	2.2	13.0	Warning, value is unstable	8	107,015
42-Dona Ana County, Anthony Berino Chaparral	6.7	2.0	11.5	Warning, value is unstable	8	117,922
43-Dona Ana County, Central Las Cruces	47.4	32.1	62.6		39	92,537
44-Dona Ana County, Dona Ana Fort Selden	15.8	8.4	23.2		18	119,899
45-Dona Ana County, Hatch and Surrounding Area	16.5	5.1	27.8	Warning, value is unstable	9	60,520
46-Dona Ana County, Las Alturas Talavera	18.6	5.9	31.4	Warning, value is unstable	10	64,934
47-Dona Ana County, Mesilla Picacho Mesilla Park	14.2	4.0	24.4	Warning, value is unstable	8	59,966
48-Dona Ana County, Northwest Las Cruces	27.9	18.1	37.7		32	129,359
49-Dona Ana County, Sonoma Butterfield Moongate	14.3	7.6	21.0		18	142,477
50-Dona Ana County, South Valley	7.0	0.1	13.9	Warning, value very unstable	4	73,046
51-Dona Ana County, Sunland Park	5.4	0.1	10.6	Warning, value very unstable	4	94,492
52-Dona Ana County, South Las Cruces	25.2	13.1	37.3		20	105,712
53-Eddy County, Carlsbad	30.2	20.6	39.8		40	145,667
54-Eddy County, Other	14.0	7.0	21.0		16	129,677
55-Grant County, Silver City	27.1	14.3	40.0		19	84,348
56-Hidalgo County/Grant County, Other	32.5	18.6	46.4		24	86,322
57-Lea County, Hobbs No.	17.4	9.0	25.7		17	103,446
58-Lea County, Hobbs So.	32.8	17.8	47.7		19	70,019
59-Lea County, Other	13.2	7.4	19.1		20	160,625
60-Lincoln County	33.2	20.3	46.0		30	102,419
61-Los Alamos County	17.1	7.6	26.6		13	90,114
62-Luna County	19.2	10.5	27.9		20	124,911
63-McKinley County, Gallup	16.4	8.7	24.2		18	123,641
64-McKinley County, NW	13.4	4.5	22.2	Warning, value is unstable	9	81,804
65-McKinley County, SW	8.6	2.2	15.0	Warning, value is unstable	7	98,310
66-McKinley County, Other	14.5	4.3	24.6	Warning, value is unstable	8	63,603
67-San Miguel County, Las Vegas	47.1	30.8	63.3		36	79,416
68-San Miguel County, Pecos/Villanueva	33.8	14.9	52.6		13	43,983
69-Mora/Guadalupe/San Miguel East	37.5	21.9	53.1		23	69,000
70-Otero County, Alamogordo N.E.	16.2	7.5	24.8		14	90,467
71-Otero County, Alamogordo S.W.	30.9	17.8	44.0		23	77,918
72-Otero County, Other	23.0	15.0	31.1		33	140,684
73-Quay/DeBaca/Harding Counties	28.7	12.7	44.8		14	57,599
74-Rio Arriba, Espanola and Pueblos	84.4	68.4	100.5		111	140,985
75-Rio Arriba, North	39.5	22.7	56.2		23	59,734
76-Roosevelt County/Curry County, Other	13.7	7.4	20.0		19	150,560
77-San Juan County, Farmington North	12.8	5.4	20.2		12	82,807
78-San Juan County, Farmington Southeast	32.2	18.1	46.2		21	75,274
79-San Juan County, Farmington West/Kirtland/La Plata	16.0	8.3	23.7		17	118,621
80-San Juan County, North/Aztec	19.8	12.1	27.6		26	125,785
81-San Juan County, Northeast/Bloomfield	21.0	10.1	32.0		15	78,733
82-San Juan County, South	16.4	6.6	26.3	Warning, value is unstable	11	77,883
83-San Juan County, West	9.0	2.2	15.9	Warning, value is unstable	7	82,341
84-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho Blvd, No.	14.8	8.8	20.9		24	147,495
85-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho Blvd, So.	11.7	3.2	20.2	Warning, value is unstable	8	73,999
86-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho West	24.4	15.7	33.0		31	126,465
87-Sandoval County, Rio Rancho So.	25.5	16.0	35.0		28	116,459
88-Sandoval County, Bernalillo/Placitas	19.9	10.1	29.7		19	74,729
89-Sandoval County, Corrales	14.3	0.0	30.8	Warning, value very unstable	5	43,012
90-Sandoval County Other East	14.2	2.8	25.6	Warning, value is unstable	6	46,924
91-Sandoval County Other West	22.2	7.4	37.1	Warning, value is unstable	9	49,252
92-Santa Fe County, East Foothills + Eldorado	12.8	4.7	20.9	Warning, value is unstable	11	117,450
93-Santa Fe County, Opera Vicinity	19.3	7.4	31.2	Warning, value is unstable	12	70,939
94-Santa Fe County, Pueblos Plus	43.4	28.7	58.1		35	99,014
95-Santa Fe Co., Agua Fria Neighborhood + Downtown	52.1	38.2	66.0		59	119,338
96-Santa Fe County, Agua Fria Village	29.6	16.8	42.3		21	68,521
97-Santa Fe, Bellamah/Stamm	37.8	24.1	51.4		33	90,454
98-Santa Fe County, Airport Road	21.0	11.5	30.5		19	89,187
99-Santa Fe County, South	18.8	8.6	29.1		14	76,853
101-Sierra/Catron Counties	46.8	28.1	65.6		33	77,462
102-Socorro County	24.6	13.7	35.4		21	88,908
103-Torrance County	32.0	19.3	44.6		27	80,479
104-Taos County, Northwest	31.0	13.4	48.6		14	46,970
105-Taos County, Downtown and High Road	26.8	17.1	36.6		32	119,157
106-Valencia County, Los Lunas	17.0	7.9	26.1		14	81,339
107-Valencia County, NE	20.3	10.2	30.4		17	80,856
108-Valencia County, SE	29.2	19.0	39.4		33	115,552
109-Valencia County, West and Belen	33.6	22.3	44.9		35	107,222
New Mexico	24.0	23.0	25.0		2,423	10,433,888

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 and Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2012-2016

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Deaths due to Drug Overdose by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity, New Mexico, 2012-2016

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Deaths due to Drug Overdose by Small Area, New Mexico, 2010-2014

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