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Prevalence of Diagnosed Cardiovascular Disease among Adults by Year, New Mexico, Age-adjusted, 2005 to 2019

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Why Is This Important?

In 2019 (the most recent year available), heart disease was the leading cause of death in New Mexico and accounted for over 22% of all deaths. Stroke was the fifth leading cause of death in New Mexico and accounted for almost 5% of all deaths.

  • Break*Break in the trend line for BRFSS weighting method difference.

Definition

Estimated percentage of New Mexican adults (ages 18 and over) who have ever been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health care professional that they had one or more of the following: heart attack, angina or coronary heart disease, and/or stroke.

Data Notes

  • Percentages have been age-adjusted using the direct method and the 2000 U.S. standard population.
  • Beginning with 2011 estimates, the BRFSS updated its surveillance methods. Therefore, estimates from 2011 and forward can not be compared to estimates from previous years.

Data Source

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, together with New Mexico Department of Health, Injury and Behavioral Epidemiology Bureau.
(https://www.nmhealth.org/about/erd/ibeb/brfss/)

How the Measure is Calculated

Numerator:Number of adults who have been told by a doctor, nurse, or other health professional that they have ever had a heart attack or stroke, or have angina or coronary heart disease. NM Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Denominator:Number of adults of the given survey year. NM Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Data Issues

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is an ongoing survey of adults about health-related behaviors, health conditions, and preventive services. Data are collected in all 50 states, D.C., and U.S. territories. The survey is conducted using scientific telephone survey methods for landline and cellular phones (with cellular since 2011). The landline phone portion of the survey excludes adults living in group quarters such as college dormitories, nursing homes, military barracks, and prisons. The cellular phone portion of the survey includes adult students living in college dormitories but excludes other group quarters. Beginning with 2011, the BRFSS updated its surveillance methods by adding in calls to cell phones and changing its weighting methods. These changes improve BRFSS' ability to take into account the increasing proportion of U.S. adults using only cellular telephones. Because of these changes, the data from years prior to 2011 are not directly comparable to data from 2011 and later. Please see the [[a href="/nmibis-view/docs/Query/BRFSS/BRFSS_fact_sheet_Aug2012.pdf BRFSS Method Change Factsheet]]. Responses have been weighted to reflect the New Mexico adult population by age, sex, ethnicity, geographic region, marital status, education level, home ownership and type of phone. The "missing" and "don't know" responses are not included when calculating a percentage.

Health Topic Pages Related to: Cardiovascular Disease - Prevalence

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Medical literature can be queried at the PubMed website.

Indicator Data Last Updated On 12/10/2018, Published on 05/06/2021
Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program, Population and Community Health Bureau, Public Health Division, New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Division, 5301 Central Ave. NE, Suite 800, Albuquerque, NM 87108, Telephone: (505) 841-5840.