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Infant mortality rate in New Mexico

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Definition

The number and rate of deaths of New Mexico infants younger than 1 year of age. Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths, per 1,000 live births, within one year after birth.

Data Source

New Mexico Department of Public Health, Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health (IBIS); http://ibis.health.state.nm.us.

Notes

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 statistical instability may occur. An unstable count or rate may fluctuate widely across time periods. An unstable count or rate should be interpreted with caution and should not be used to predict outcomes. For more information on statistical stability, visit the NM-IBIS Reliability & Validity page, https://ibis.health.state.nm.us/resource/ReliabilityValidity.html.
Information about stability for specific county-level data is available by request. 

Updated May 2022.

Last Updated

May 2022