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CO Poisoning Mortality by Type of Injury, Deaths per 100,000 Population, 2001 to 2020

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Why Is This Important?

Death is the most severe outcome of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Unintentional CO poisoning deaths are almost entirely preventable. These data can be used to assess the burden of severe CO poisoning, monitor trends over time, and inform prevention, education, and evaluation efforts. To learn more about how to prevent CO exposure, go here: http://www.cdc.gov/co/guidelines.htm

Definition

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning mortality refers to deaths of New Mexico residents due to CO poisoning that occurred during a specified time period. CO poisoning deaths include the following categories: unintentional non-fire related; unintentional fire-related; and unknown (previously called undetermined) intent. This indicator utilizes multiple cause coded deaths because CO poisoning mortality is always found as a contributing cause of death, rather than an underlying cause. Measures include 1) the number of deaths from CO poisoning; 2) crude rate of death from CO poisoning; and 3) age-adjusted rate of death from CO poisoning (adjusted by the direct method to the 2000 US standard population). All rates are expressed per 100,000 persons. The source of data is the New Mexico Linked Multiple Cause of Death File provided by the New Mexico Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. The following International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) codes were used to identify deaths where CO poisoning was listed as the cause of death: T58 and the underlying cause of death was in the following range of ICD-10 codes: X00-X09 (unintentional fire-related CO poisoning death); V01-W99, X10-X59, Y85-Y86 (unintentional non-fire related CO poisoning death); and Y10-Y34 (CO poisoning of unknown intent).

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/)
  • 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 deaths due to CO poisoning (unintentional non-fire related; unintentional fire-related; and unknown intent) during a specified time period.
  • Denominator:

    New Mexico resident population

Data Issues

  • Death Certificate Data

    Death certificate information is submitted electronically by funeral directors, who obtain demographic information from an informant, a close family member of the decedent. The NMDOH Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (BVRHS) does annual trainings for funeral directors and local registrars and the death certificate information goes through extensive scrutiny for completeness and consistency. The cause of death is certified by the decedent's physician or the physician that attended the death. Accidental and suspicious deaths are certified by the Office of the Medical Investigator. When death certificates are received the cause of death literals are keyed into software locally by the BVRHS, then shipped to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) where they are machine coded into ICD-10 cause-of-death codes. NCHS returns the ICD-10 codes to BVRHS where the death records are updated.

  • New Mexico Population Estimates

    All population estimates apply to July 1 of the selected year. These estimates are considered the most accurate estimates for the state of New Mexico and should match those found on the University of New Mexico Geospatial and Population Studies website. Estimates include decimal fractions. Census tract population estimates were summed to produce County and Small Area population estimates. Population estimate totals may vary due to rounding. Population estimates for previous years are occasionally revised as new information becomes available. When publishing trend data, always be sure that your rates for earlier years match current rates on NM-IBIS that have been calculated with the most up-to-date population estimates.

Health Topic Pages Related to: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Mortality

Indicator Data Last Updated On 04/26/2022, Published on 04/06/2023
Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau, Environmental Public Health Tracking Program, Epidemiology and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health, 1190 S. Saint Francis Drive, Suite 1300, Santa Fe, NM 87505, Srikanth Paladugu, Bureau Chief, Srikanth.Paladugu@doh.nm.gov, or Chelsea Langer, Environmental Epidemiologist Supervisor, Chelsea.Langer@doh.nm.gov