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Indicator Report - Death Rates from Leading Causes of Death

Why Is This Important?

Death rates by leading causes of death show areas where health improvement and prevention programs should be targeted to reduce the number of deaths.

Death Rates for the 10 Leading Causes of Death by Cause of Death, New Mexico and U.S., 2013

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Data Notes

Age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population. The leading causes of death have been ranked according to the number of New Mexico deaths. Age-adjusted death rates have been presented for comparison of New Mexico and U.S. rates. The U.S. death rate for chronic liver disease and cirrhosis was not available at the time this indicator was published.

Data Sources

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

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Definition

Death rates for the leading causes of death are the number of deaths from each cause per 100,000 New Mexico population, age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population, and ranked according to the number of deaths.

How We Calculated the Rates

Numerator: Number of deaths from the specified cause
Denominator: Total population

Page Content Updated On 01/20/2015, Published on 02/06/2015
Community Health Assessment Program, New Mexico Department of Health, Epidemiology and Response Division, 1190 St. Francis Dr., P.O. Box 26110, Santa Fe, NM, 87502. Contact Lois Haggard at Lois.Haggard@state.nm.us or by telephone at (505) 827-5274
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Content updated: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 11:52:58 MST