Child death rate, ages 0-14 in New Mexico
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Why This Indicator Matters
Accidents, primarily from automobiles, are the leading cause of death among children in all age groups over age 1. For children ages 1 to 4, homicide/assault is the second leading cause of death.
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The number and rate of deaths of New Mexico children, ages 0 to 14 years old, inclusive. The death rate is the number of deaths, per 100,000 children, ages 0-14 years old.Data Source:
New Mexico Department of Public Health, Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health (IBIS); http://ibis.health.state.nm.us.Footnotes:
NA signifies that the count or rate has been suppressed by the NM Department of Health because the observed number of events is very small and not appropriate for publication.When there is a small number of health events in a small population, as is seen in some county-level data, problems with
Information about stability for specific county-level data is available by request.
Updated April 2022.