Injury Prevention - Injury Prevention
June 29, 2011
In 2007, 679 violent deaths occurred in New Mexico: 60.9% were suicides, 25.5% were homicides, 12.1% were deaths of undetermined intent and less than 1% of deaths were classified as unintentional firearm deaths. Eight incidents involved multiple victims, either as multiple victim homicides or a homicide followed by a suicide. New Mexico residents accounted for 95.0% of the violent deaths that occurred in 2007.
