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New Mexico deaths were identified using data from the Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics in the Epidemiology and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health. Alcohol-related mortality rates were calculated by decedent demographics and by county for the five-year period, 2013 through 2017.
This report provides insight into the burden of drug overdose in New Mexico using drug overdose death information. The findings provide a limited view of the impact of drug abuse in New Mexico.
Amphetamine and methamphetamine are stimulant drugs that affect the central nervous system. Amphetamines are prescription medications used to treat attention hyperactivity disorder. Methamphetamine, a much more potent version of amphetamine, is usually produced and sold illegally.
The objective of this analysis was to describe Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention among adults in New Mexico and assess A-SBI implementation by alcohol consumption status.
This report will compare alcohol poisoning rates for New Mexico to those for the United States in order to support the development of policies and public health interventions in New Mexico.
Prior to 1997, New Mexico had the highest rate of alcohol-related motor vehicle crash (AR-MVC) deaths in the United States. However, New Mexico’s AR-MVC death rates and its rank in the nation have dropped considerably.
Drug overdose death has become the leading cause of injury death in New Mexico and nationally over the past decade. New Mexico had the second-highest drug overdose death rate in the nation, after West Virginia, in 2011. In the period from 2008-2012, there were an average of 483 drug overdose deaths in New Mexico each year, more than three times as many as there were in 1990-1994.
Drug overdose death has become the leading cause of injury death in New Mexico and nationally over the past decade (New Mexico Substance Abuse Epidemiological Profile, 2013). New Mexico had the second‐highest drug overdose death rate, after West Virginia, in 2010 (CDC Wonder).
