New Mexico Injury Reports

Resources

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Reports

New Mexico Helmet Use on Non-Motorized Vehicles 2007 & 2008. A Comparison of 2007 & 2008 Data From Five Communities in New Mexico.

New Mexico Injury Prevention Coalition Strategic Plan, 2008 - 2012. The plan, developed by the New Mexico Injury Prevention Coalition in cooperation with the Injury Prevention Section, provides specific goals and objectives to insure that effective, evidence-based injury prevention strategies are adequately funded and implemented in New Mexico. The plan also addresses the tremendous toll that injuries exact on our State – the pain and suffering, the cost, often the young lives lost or changed forever.

New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey, 2007. The New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey is a survey of public high school students (grades 9-12) and public middle school students (grades 6-8). The survey includes questions about risk behaviors (behaviors contributing to unintentional injury; behaviors associated with violence; mental health, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts; alcohol, tobacco and drug use; sexual activity; and physical activity, nutrition, and body weight) and resiliency (protective) factors.

The Building Capacity for Preventing Sexual Violence in NM - A Three Year Strategic Plan.

Deaths from Violence: A Look at 17 States. This report compares suicide and homicide data in New Mexico to 16 other states participating in the National Violent Death Reporting System.

“Falls Among Older Adults in New Mexico” The New Mexico Department of Health, Epidemiology Report. Vol. 2009 Number 8. - The article provides a description of fall deaths and hospitalizations among adults 65 years of age and older in New Mexico.

Incarcerated Youth Perspectives on Violence, 2007. New Mexico Incarcerated Youth Speak Out about Violence.

Incidence and Nature of Domestic Violence in New Mexico IX. An Analysis of 2008 Data From The New Mexico Interpersonal Violence Data Central Repository.

Incidence and Nature of Domestic Violence in New Mexico VIII. An Analysis of 2007 Data From The New Mexico Interpersonal Violence Data Central Repository.

Incidence and Nature of Domestic Violence in New Mexico VII. An Analysis of 2006 Data From The New Mexico Interpersonal Violence Data Central Repository.

Injury Hurts New Mexico, 2007. The purpose of this report is to give health care providers, policy makers, state planners and our communities an overview of injury issues in New Mexico based on the most recently available research and surveillance data.

Injury Hurts New Mexico, 2005. The purpose of this report is to give health care providers, policymakers, state planners and our communities an overview of injury issues in New Mexico based on the most recently available research and surveillance data.

Gun-related Injury Surveillance in Hospital Emergency Departments, 2002-2006 (issued 2008). This report, based on the first five years of full data collection on gun-related injuries, brings to light factors related to gun use.

Sex Crimes in New Mexico VII. An Analysis of 2007 Data from the New Mexico Interpersonal Violence Data Central Repository.

Sex Crimes in New Mexico VI. An Analysis of 2006 Data from The New Mexico Interpersonal Violence Data Central Repository and The Survey of Violence Victimization in New Mexico.

Sex Crimes in New Mexico V. An Analysis of Data from The Survey of Violence Victimization in New Mexico and The New Mexico Interpersonal Violence Data Central Repository, 2002-2005.

New Mexico Violent Death, 2005. This report by the New Mexico Violent Death Reporting System (NM-VDRS) presents data from numerous sources including medical examiner records, death certificates, law enforcement investigations, and state crime labs in order to gain a more complete understanding of the circumstances and predisposing factors surrounding each violent death incident in New Mexico. This data will be used to recommend evidence-based intervention and prevention strategies.

New Mexico Violent Death, 2006. This is the second annual report by the New Mexico Violent Death Reporting System (NM-VDRS). This report showcases findings from 2006 for all types of violent deaths collected by the NM-VDRS: suicide, homicide, undetermined intent, firearm-related, and child deaths.

Violent Death in New Mexico: Utilizing the New Mexico Violent Death Reporting System. This report briefly describes the surveillance system used to collect violent death data and describes some findings specific to suicide and homicide in New Mexico.

Youth Violence in New Mexico; An Assessment, 2005. An Assessment of Indicators, Policies, Resources, and Community Readiness.

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