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Influenza sentinel surveillance for nearly 20 years. Currently, New Mexico’s influenza surveillance systems include outpatient surveillance for influenza-like illness (ILI) through sentinel provid-ers (ILINet), population-based surveillance for labora-tory-confirmed influenza-associated hospitalizations in seven counties (FluSurv-NET), and mortality sur-veillance using data from the Epidemiology and Re-sponse Division’s Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS).
New Mexico has higher firearm death rates than the United States. Trends over the past two decades reveal persistent annual increases in the rates and numbers of firearm deaths in New Mexico. The current report summarizes epidemiology data about the patterns of firearm deaths in New Mexico. It also examines some of the policies and research around gun violence prevention.
The New Mexico Injury Prevention Strategic Plan addressed the tremendous toll that injuries exact on New Mexico – the pain and suffering, the cost, often the years of potential life lost or changed forever. It also acknowledges that change is needed to insure that effective, evidence-based injury prevention strategies are adequately funded and implemented.
For this report, deaths, hospitalizations and emergency department visits of New Mexico residents that occurred in 2010-2012 were analyzed by all injuries and the following; Causes: motor vehicle, poisoning, firearm, fall, drowning, fire; Violence-related: suicide and suicide attempt, homicide and assault injuries; and Injury diagnoses: hip fractures and traumatic brain injuries.
New Mexico has the highest alcohol-attributable mortality rate in the nation. Some alcohol related causes of death are associated with chronic diseases such as liver cirrhosis, alcohol dependence as well as alcohol related injuries such as motor vehicle crashes, poisonings, falls, homicide, and suicide.
The 2014 Child Fatality Review Annual Report summarizes and analyzes information about circumstances surrounding the deaths of New Mexico residents < 18 years whose deaths from 2011 through 2013 were reviewed. It also presents recommendations from the comprehensive and confidential reviews of certain child deaths resulting from injury by a multi-disciplinary group of professionals.
This analysis describes Traumatic Brain Injury hospitalization rates to inform prevention efforts around TBI mortality and morbidity, specifically in the American Indians and Alaskan Natives population of New Mexico. The goal of this analysis is to provide an epidemiological overview of hospitalizations among American Indians and Alaskan Native persons within New Mexico.
The data on pedestrian and pedal cycle deaths were obtained from the Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. All residents with an ICD-10 underlying cause of death code in the range V01-V19 were included in the analysis.
This report addresses fall-related deaths, hospitalizations and emergency department visits among New Mexico adults who are aged 65 years or older. The number and rate of fall-related injury deaths, hospitalizations and ED visits among NM residents were calculated for this report.
The 2013 Child Fatality Review Annual Report summarizes and analyzes information about circumstances surrounding the deaths of New Mexico residents < 18 years who died from 2010 through 2012. It also presents recommendations from the comprehensive and confidential reviews of certain child deaths resulting from injury by a multi-disciplinary group of professionals.
Traumatic Brain Injury is caused by a blow to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts brain function. It can affect memory, judgment, sleep patterns, reflexes, speech, coordination, balance and behavior (personality changes, aggression, acting out).
Unintentional fall-related injuries are a serious public health problem, especially among adults 65 years of age and older. In New Mexico (NM) for 2012, unintentional fall-related injury was the third leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for all ages, behind poisoning and motor vehicle traffic injuries.
This report examines five years of traumatic brain injury deaths from 2007 through 2011 and traumatic brain injury hospitalizations for the years 2009-2011. Starting in 2009, the diagnostic fields in the hospital discharge data increased from nine fields to eighteen fields. The external cause of injury code fields increased from one field to three fields. E-codes designate the cause of the injury hospitalization, such as a fall or motor vehicle traffic injury.
Domestic violence incidents reported to law enforcement in 2010 (19,587) represent a 31% decrease since 2005. There is also progress to report with regard to identifying the victim in domestic violence cases. Training of police officers on identifying a primary aggressor in domestic violence incidents has resulted in better victim identification by law enforcement, resulting in a 19% increase in domestic violence victims identified since 2005.
This report represents 11 years of publications on the nature and incidence of sexual assault in New Mexico from the Central Repository. The challenges to prevent and respond to sexual assault in New Mexico are unique and somewhat daunting because it is difficult to identify those at risk for sexual assault, identify perpetrators, and provide access to services for sexual assault victims.
This report presents information and recommendations from the comprehensive and confidential reviews of child deaths by a multi-disciplinary group of professionals. Death certificate data, provided by the New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, were used to complete the epidemiologic analysis of child death in New Mexico. The report focuses on deaths of New Mexico residents under 18 years of age who died between 2008 and 2010.
This report represents 11 years of publications on the nature and incidence of sexual assault in New Mexico from the Central Repository. The challenges to prevent and respond to sexual assault in New Mexico are unique and somewhat daunting because it is difficult to identify those at risk for sexual assault, identify perpetrators, and provide access to services for sexual assault victims.
Firearms have been a leading cause of injury deaths in New Mexico, claiming about 300 lives per year among the state’s residents. In 2010, firearm injury deaths accounted for approximately 17% of all New Mexico injury deaths. A majority of the firearm deaths were suicides (65%), followed by homicides 30%. Firearm deaths of unintentional, undetermined, and other intent accounted for 5% of firearm deaths.
New Mexico began tracking safety belt use in 1982. Since 1993, the Traffic Safety Bureau of the New Mexico Department of Transportation Department has contracted with the New Mexico Department of Health, Epidemiology and Response Division, Office of Injury Prevention, to conduct observational studies of motor vehicle seatbelt use using protocols and procedures approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 1998.
This report presents information and recommendations from the comprehensive and confidential reviews of child deaths by a multi-disciplinary group of professionals. Death certificate data, provided by the New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, were used to complete the epidemiologic analysis of child death in New Mexico. The report focuses on deaths of New Mexico residents under 18 years of age who died between 2006 and 2009.
