Injury - Child Injury Deaths
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Child Injury Deaths: Unintentional Injury Deaths by County, New Mexico, 2017-2019
Child Injury Deaths: Unintentional Injury Deaths by Health Region, New Mexico, 2017-2019
Child Injury Deaths: Unintentional Injury Deaths by Urban and Rural Counties, New Mexico, 2017-2019
Child Injury Deaths: Unintentional Injury Deaths by U.S. States, 2016-2018
Why Is This Important?
942 New Mexico children age 0-19 died in the three years from 2014-2016. The most common cause of death in this age group consisted of 378 injury deaths that could have been prevented. Unintentional injuries were the most common (n=231) type of injury death, followed by suicide (n=78) and homicide (n=55).
Definition
The number of injury deaths among children age 0-19 years per 100,000 population
Data Sources
- New Mexico Death Data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS), Epidemiology and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health.
(https://www.nmhealth.org/about/erd/bvrhs/vrp/) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC WONDER Online Database
(http://wonder.cdc.gov) - New Mexico Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program.
(http://gps.unm.edu/)
How the Measure is Calculated
| Numerator: | The number of injury deaths among children age 0-19 years |
| Denominator: | The mid-year estimated population of children age 0-19 years |