Injury Prevention - Injury Prevention
February 18, 2005
Everyone gets injured. Each year, one in four New Mexicans needs medical care for an injury. Injuries generate an estimated 781,000 medical visits, and just in New Mexico cost over $1.6 billion annually. In 2002, New Mexico ranked 1st nationally in total injury death rates and in unintentional (accidental) injury deaths, and was tied at the top for violent deaths with Nevada.
