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The model below shows health factor conditions which lead to health outcomes. Some health factors, such as race and age, cannot be modified but are included in the model because they play a role in individual and population health outcomes. Many health factors, on the other hand, can be modified. One of the roles of public health practitioners is to work with individuals and communities to improve modifiable health factors so that health outcomes will improve. The Health Topic pages provide basic information and links to related data and reports.
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Community Reports
- Community Profile Reports by Geography
  County
  Health Region
  Urban and Rural Counties
  Small Areas
- Community Profile Reports by Population Group
  Race Ethnicity
  Sex
  Sexual Orientation
- About Community Data
  Community reports provide a summary of baseline conditions and trends in a community and study area. It establishes the context for assessing potential impacts and for project decision-making.
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  View a list of Community Health Status Indicators
Indicator Reports
- Find Indicator Report by
  Alphabetical List
  Filterable list of all indicator reports sorted alphabetically by title.
  Primary Data Source
  Filterable list of all indicator report titles grouped by data sources.
  Health Department Authoring Program
  Filterable list of all indicator report titles grouped by program/owning organization.
  Searchable, Sortable, Filterable Table
  Table of all indicator reports with titles, data sources, organization, view titles, and published date.
  Demographic List
  Table of all demographic indicator reports.
  Community Health Status Indicators (CHSIs)
  Table of all demographic indicator reports.
- About Health Indicators
  Health Indicators provide critical information about population health. These reports are useful to support planning, identifying priorities or targeting resources, and for tracking progress towards broad community objectives. They help to engage partners into civic and collaborative action by helping to build awareness of problems and trends. In addition they help inform policy and policy makers and can be used to promote accountability among governmental and non-governmental agencies.
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  View a list of Indicator Report Contributors
Query Datasets
- Vital Records Data
  Birth Data
  Explore birth certificate data (teen births, birthweight, preterm births, etc.)
  Death Data
  Explore mortality data for the general population (all ages)
  Infant Mortality
  Explore mortality data for infants (under 1 year of age)
  Small Area Queries (Birth & Death)
  Explore Birth and Death data for New Mexico's 108 Small Areas
  Social Determinants of Health (Birth & Death)
  Explore Birth and Death data by Social Determinants of Health
- Morbidity Data
  Cancer Incidence
  Explore Incident Cancer Diagnoses by Person, Place and Time
  Hospital Inpatient Discharge Data (HIDD)
  New Mexico hospital inpatient discharge data (state-licensed hospitals)
  Hospital Emergency Department Data (ED)
  New Mexico hospital emergency department data (state-licensed hospitals)
  Severe Maternal Morbidity (SMM)
  Maternal morbidity incidents among in-hospital births
  Infectious Diseases
  Explore Infectious Diseases by Person, Place and Time
- Health Survey Data
  Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data
  Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
  Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data
  Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS)
  Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey data
- Demographic Data
  American Community Survey
  ACS estimates by New Mexico county, small area and census tract.
  Population Estimates
  Population estimates by New Mexico county, small area and census tract.
- Environment Data
  Explore Queries on the NMTracking Website
  Go to the NMTracking query selection page.
- Special Options
  Secure Query Index
- About Query Datasets
  Queryable Datasets provides access to record level data. Who, what, when, and where as well as other data attribute values can be specified as filtering criteria. Options also exist that control how to display (group by) the data.
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  View a List of Data Stewards
Resources
- Help and Tutorials
  "Two Clicks" to Community Health Information!
  Easy ways to find health information for your community.
  How to Read a Graph
  About ICD Codes, 3 NCHS Lists
  About Injury ICD Codes, ICD-10 and ICD-10-CM
  Glossary
  List of health assessment and epidemiology terms and definitions with links to additional help pages on IBIS and elsewhere.
- Map Resources
  About NM Small Areas
  About Dynamic Map Groupings
  About Geocoded Data
  NM Health Regions Map
  NM Urban/Rural Counties Map
- Community Assessment
  NM Community Health Status Indicators
  Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan (S.O.A.P)
  Evidence-based Public Health
  See all Community Health Assessment resources
- Statistics
  How to Calculate a Rate
  About Age-Adjusted Rates
  About Confidence Intervals
  About Life Expectancy
  NMDOH Small Numbers Rule
- Public Health Data
  Classifying Race and Ethnicity
  Download Population Estimates Data
  Public Health Data and Statistics Resources
  Query Datasets Resources
  MMWR Week Calendar Dates (2006-2025)

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Health Topics

Demographic Characteristics

Demographics are the classifiable characteristics of a given population. Demographic characteristics most commonly used in public health statistics include, age, gender, race/ethnicity, geographic area, education level and income.

Why It's Important

Analysis of public health data by demographic characteristics is essential to the reduction and elimination of health disparities. The Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education Act of 2000 describes health disparities as differences in "the overall rate of disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity, mortality, or survival rates in the population as compared to the health status of the general population." The definition can be applied to any demographic group, not just racial/ethnic minorities.

Analysis by demographic characteristics also shows at what age certain diseases and conditions typically affect persons as well as how life events, choices, and circumstances (e.g., marriage, military service, and educational attainment) affect health outcomes.

What Is Known

Certain demographic groups have consistently better outcomes than others on a variety of public health issues. For example, infant mortality among whites is a fraction of that among blacks and the death rate due to unintentional injury among women is about half that of men.

How It's Tracked

Demographic characteristics are tracked in most public health data sets including, but not limited to: