Epidemiology Reports

Co-morbid Substance Use and Mental Health Issues in New Mexico (2024)

State of Mental Health in New Mexico 2022

State of Mental Health in New Mexico, 2022

Preconception Health Indicators by Age Group and Race/ethnicity in New Mexico, 2016-2018

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).

Trends in Suicide in New Mexico, 2009-2018

Trends in Suicide in New Mexico, 2009-2018

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.

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.

An estimated one in three adults ages 65 years and older experience a fall each year. Falls can cause fractures, head trauma and other injuries that lead to hospitalization, disability and premature death. Hip fractures and traumatic brain injuries are the most serious fall-related injuries in older adults. Over 90% of hip fractures among older adults are caused by falls, and in 2005, fall-related TBI accounted for 50% of unintentional fatal falls among older adults.