Heat Stress Mortality Metadata
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- citation
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- origin: New Mexico EPHTN Project Manager
- pubdate: 20220405
- title: Heat Stress Mortality
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- descript
- abstract: This dataset contains county-level records for deaths of New Mexico residents due to Heat stress. Heat stress is defined as a constellation of explicit effects of heat and light on the body, including heat stroke and sunstroke (hyperthermia), heat syncope/collapse, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, heat fatigue, heat edema, and other/unspecified clinical effects attributed to excessive heat exposure. This dataset contains case counts of heat stress deaths (classified as any primary or other ICD-10 T67, X30 or X32 (excluding cases with code W92)) among New Mexico residents that occurred between 2001 and 2020. The dataset was generated using information from the New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (NM-VRHS) Linked Multiple Cause of Death file. The dataset supports calculation of the Heat stress mortality measures among New Mexico residents. Measures include 1) the number of deaths from Heat stress, 2) crude rate of death from Heat stress, and 3) age-adjusted rate of death from Heat stress (adjusted by the direct method to the 2000 US standard population. All rates are expressed per 100,000 persons.
- purpose: Dataset was created to provide data for the New Mexico Environmental Public Health Tracking Network in order to monitor spatial and temporal variation in the annual mortality due to Heat stress consistent with Nationally Consistent Data and Measures (NCDMs).
- supplinf: The New Mexico Linked Multiple Cause of Death data are derived from items reported on the death certificate and coded as underlying or contributing cause of death. DATA SOURCE(S): 1) Information is gathered from the Medical Certification section of NM Death Certificate; 2) Traditionally, BVRHS nosologists trained by CDC, NCHS, (based on WHO guidelines) manually assigns underlying cause of death based on NCHS linkage rules/logic; what condition gives rise to what condition. NM nosologists have not received multiple cause training; 3) Nosologist assigns a single underlying cause of death code based on the International Classification of Disease (ICD) categories, which since 1999 has been based on the Tenth Revision ICD; 4) The underlying cause of death has historically been the basis of national and NM vital statistic cause of death compilation and presentation; 5) Since about 1996 NM has partially implemented the national electronic system for automated coding of the underlying cause of death and capture of the various (multiple) conditions listed in the medical certification of death as contributory to the demise of the decedent. The software is commonly referred to as SuperMICAR.
AUTOMATED CAUSE OF DEATH CLASSIFICATION: 1) The national automated cause of death classification system is made up of the following components: MICAR with its enhancement called SuperMICAR, ACME and Transax; 2) MICAR (Mortality Medical Indexing Classification And Retrieval) generates the multiple cause ICD codes from literal information entered from the death certificate. SuperMICAR is an enhancement to facilitate and simplify the data entry of information from the death certificate, with the entry screens matching the cause of death section of the standard certificate;3) ACME (Automated Classification of Medical Entities) determines an underlying cause of death; 4)Transax (Translation of Axis) basically generates the output file which contains the ACME generated underlying cause of death and the multiple causes of death codes in two contexts: entity axis codes and record axis codes; 5) Entity axis codes reflect each condition entered on the death certificate and the location as to where that condition is reported on the certification section of the death record. Record axis codes incorporate relationships and are the codes used for most multiple cause of death analysis; 6) New Mexico has only run the SuperMicar component since the requirement to run the other components is to have a nosologist trained in multiple cause of death on staff, which NM does not; 7) After entry of the literals into SuperMicar, NM sends the file to NCHS for the remainder of the processing and NCHS returns a Transax file to the state. The records are sent in batches through the year and sometimes there is a lengthy wait for a batch to be processed and a Transax file returned.
The New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (NM-VRHS) maintains the data for issuance and for statistical reporting. Data are collected on all deaths occurring in-state as well as deaths of NM residents that occur out-of-state. The death coding system is ICD-10. The following International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, codes T67, X30 and X32 were used to identify deaths due to Heat stress.
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- begdate: 20010101
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- enddate: 20201231
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- current: Publication Date
- status
- progress: Complete
- update: Annually
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- bounding
- westbc: -109.05017700000001
- eastbc: -103.00206900000001
- northbc: 37.000292999999999
- southbc: 31.332173999999998
- keywords
- theme
- themekt: Topic Category
- themekey: Health
- theme
- themekt: ICD-10 T67, X30 and X32
- themekey: Effects of heat and light; T67, Exposure to excessive natural heat; X30, Exposure to sunlight; X32
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- themekt: NONE
- themekey: Heat illness; Heat stroke; Hyperthermia; Heat stress; Sun stroke; Heat collapse; Heat cramp; Heat exhaustion from water depletion; Heat exhaustion from salt depletion; Heat exhaustion, unspecified; Other specified heat effects; Unspecified effects of heat and light; Health effect caused by excessive heat due to weather; ictus solaris; Effect from unknown cause of excessive heat; Heat stress deaths; deaths
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- placekt: FIPS 6-4 (County)
- placekey: New Mexico, NM, 35, 035, 35001 Bernalillo, 35003 Catron, 35005 Chaves, 35006 Cibola, 35007 Colfax, 35009 Curry, 35011 DeBaca, 35013 Dona Ana, 35015 Eddy, 35017 Grant, 35019 Guadalupe, 35021 Harding, 35023 Hidalgo, 35025 Lea, 35027 Lincoln, 35028 Los Alamos, 35029 Luna, 35031 McKinley, 35033 Mora, 35035 Otero, 35037 Quay, 35039 Rio Arriba, 35041 Roosevelt, 35043 Sandoval, 35045 San Juan, 35047 San Miguel, 35049 Santa Fe, 35051 Sierra, 35053 Socorro, 35055 Taos, 35057 Torrance, 35059 Union, 35061 Valencia
- accconst: Restricted (secure) data will only be released to external users after the New Mexico EPHT Program distributor AND the data steward, the New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (NM-VRHS), has reviewed and authorized the request. Restricted (secure) data must be requested on the standard NM-VRHS Request Form and the signed Request Form submitted to NM-VRHS via FAX at (505) 827-1751, ATTN. Epidemiology Section. To access documentation describing the data elements of the multiple cause of death data, inquiries may be made to vrhs.data@doh.nm.gov.
- useconst: This information is provided by the New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics of the Emergency and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health. Efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of the data; however, no responsibility is assumed by the NM Department of Health NM-VRHS related to materials or how it is represented by those who access this information. Data requests that would provide cell counts under 5 will not be permitted as this would violate minimum requirements for confidentiality and privacy. Further, interjurisdictional exchange agreements between NM-VRHS and other states prevent the distribution of out-of-state records that specifically identify jurisdictions other than New Mexico. All users must read and fully comprehend metadata prior to data use. Data may only be used for the purposes the Requestor specifies in the standard NM-VRHS Request Form.
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- cntperp
- cntper: New Mexico EPHTN Project Manager
- cntorg: New Mexico Department of Health, Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau
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- cntaddr
- addrtype: Physical
- address: 1190 St. Francis Drive
- city: Santa Fe
- state: NM
- postal: 87505
- country: United States Of America
- cntvoice: 18888788992
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- cntfax: 5058272110
- cntemail: DOH-EHEB@state.nm.us
- hours: 8:00 - 5:00
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- secinfo
- secsys: None
- secclass: Unclassified
- sechandl: Restricted (secure) access data refer to data presented at the county level that lack small cell suppression controls, and therefore have the potential to identify individual cases within a county according to age, sex, race/ethnicity, year of death, death manner, and diagnosis at death. Restricted (secure) data will only be released to external users after the New Mexico EPHT Program distributor AND the data steward, the New Mexico Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics (NM-VRHS), has reviewed and authorized the request. Restricted (secure) data must be requested on the standard NM-VRHS Request Form (_link_) and the signed Request Form submitted to NM-VRHS via FAX at (505) 827-1751, ATTN. Epidemiology Section. To access documentation describing the data elements of the underlying multiple cause of death data, inquiries may be made to vrhs.data@doh.nm.gov.
- native: SAS Server 9.4
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- logic: None
- complete: Mortality data are based on items reported on the death certificate and include demographic, geographic, injury, medical, and cause-of-death information on the decedent. In most cases, funeral directors work with an informant for the decedent (usually a relative or friend) to collect demographic and geographic information. The medical and cause-of-death section of the death certificate is completed by the attending physician or the Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI). Except for deaths occurring on tribal or military lands, the OMI has jurisdiction over all unexpected and unattended deaths in New Mexico. When deaths to New Mexico residents occur out of state, information from the death certificate is transmitted to NM-VRHS for statistical reporting.
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- procdesc: Dataset developed per the instructions found in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Recommendations for Nationally Consistent Data and Measures (NCDMs) with the Environmental Public Health Tracking Network, version 1.3, (http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/docs/CDC_NCDM_Pt1_1.3.pdf)The dataset utilizes multiple cause coded cases of death code ICD-10 T58 (unintentional, non-fire related; unintentional, fire-related; and unknown intent).
- procdate: 20220405
- procstep
- procdesc: NM EPHT data queries through nmtracking.org (NMTracking) result in
query-specific data sets that are aggregated by geographic unit. These
aggregated data are dynamically joined to boundary data sets for display
in the NMTracking interactive map. Boundaries are for County, Census
Tract, and Small Areas and are created using U.S. Census 2010 boundary
data.
The Small Areas data set consists of combined Census tracts and was
developed at the NM Department of Health. New Mexico Small Areas are 109
geographic areas across the state with population size that is just
large enough to calculate rates for selected health events (e.g., AMI
mortality, female breast cancer incidence). Most (95%) New Mexico
small-area population sizes range from 9,000 to 30,000 persons. Some
counties have multiple small areas (e.g., Bernalillo County has 34 small
areas within its boundaries). In other cases, whole counties (e.g.,
Harding, Quay, and DeBaca) are combined to create a single small area.
Please note that some data queries and displays might be available only
to those with restricted-access permissions.
Mapped results for the interactive data query include options for a
background with an NM base map or shaded relief. Both background maps
are served from the NM Resource Geographic Information System (NM RGIS,
rgis.unm.edu) or other servers hosted at UNM Earth Data Analysis Center.
- procdate: 20220405
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- overview
- eaover: This dataset contains the following fields (defined in the detailed citation below): case count of heat stress deaths (classified as any underlying or other contributing diagnosis code in the range of ICD-10 T670-T679, X30 or X32) among New Mexico residents for the years 2001-2020; County, Year, Month, Age Group, Sex, Race and Ethnicity. These data are stratified by county of residence, age group and sex. The Nationally Consistent Data and Measures (NCDM) is for the months May through September. All months have been made available.
- eadetcit: The variable Heats is a number, which represents Heat stress (ICD-10 T670-T679, X30 or X32) if found in the multiple cause fields (1 for first position, 2 for any other of the 11 additional fields and 0 if not found). The variable Agepop provides age categories used in the standard age age-adjusting groupings; ages 0, 1-4, 5-14, 15-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84 and 85+ years. The variable Agegrp4 provide grouping of ages 1-14, 15-44, 45-64 and 65 and older. Sex is coded 1 for males, 2 for females and 9 for unknown or unreported. COD, underlying cause of death, and the multiple cause of death fields are character values with length four and an implied decimal between the third and fourth position. New Mexico counties are two digit FIPS codes in the field CountyCode. Year shows year of death 2001-2020 and month show numeric values 1-12.
For detailed entity and attributes, see data dictionary document 'NCDM Data Dictionaries'. http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showLibrary.action.
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- cntinfo
- cntperp
- cntper: New Mexico EPHTN Project Manager
- cntorg: New Mexico Department of Health, Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau
- cntpos
- cntaddr
- addrtype: Physical
- address: 1190 St. Francis Drive
- city: Santa Fe
- state: NM
- postal: 87505
- country: United States Of America
- cntvoice: 18888788992
- cntvoice
- cnttdd
- cntfax: 5058272110
- cntemail: DOH-EHEB@state.nm.us
- hours: 8:00 - 5:00
- cntinst
- resdesc: File: MCDeaths0120.sas7bdat
- distliab: Persons or entities given access to restricted data are liable for compliance with the NM-VRHS data use agreement. Disciplinary action will be incurred for non-compliance or violation of data use agreement.
- custom: For access to unrestricted or public use data, please see: www.nmtracking.org for New Mexico data; For access to restricted or secure New Mexico data please contact to vrhs.data@doh.nm.gov.
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- metd: 20220405
- metc
- cntinfo
- cntperp
- cntper: New Mexico EPHTN Project Manager
- cntorg: New Mexico Department of Health, Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau
- cntpos
- cntaddr
- addrtype: Physical
- address: 1190 St. Francis Drive
- city: Santa Fe
- state: NM
- postal: 87505
- country: United States Of America
- cntvoice: 18888788992
- cntvoice
- cnttdd
- cntfax: 5058272110
- cntemail: DOH-EHEB@state.nm.us
- hours: 8:00 - 5:00
- cntinst
- metstdn: EPHTN Tracking Network Profile Version 1.2
- metac: None
- metuc: None
