Injury Prevention

Injury Prevention - Injury Prevention April 30, 2009

This report describes the 2007 and 2008 helmet use observation studies and compares the findings for the cities that participated in both years. Bicycles and skateboards were the most frequently observed vehicles, accounting for 600 observations in 2007 and 420 in 2008. The combined skate and scooter riders, with 20 observations (2007) and 25 observations (2008) in the five cities, were too few for reliable analysis.

Injury Prevention - Injury Prevention April 30, 2009

In 2006, 588 violent deaths occurred in New Mexico. Six incidents involved multiple victims, either as multiple victim homicides or a homicide followed by a suicide. Of the 588 violent deaths that occurred, 63.3% were suicides, 21.9% were homicides, 12.6% were deaths of undetermined intent and there were 1% each for unintentional firearms deaths and legal intervention deaths. Of the 588 violent deaths that occurred in 2006, 551, or 93.7%, were New Mexico residents.

Injury Prevention - Injury Prevention April 30, 2009

Each year in the United States, more than 50,000 people die from acts of violence, including more than 32,000 deaths from suicide and 18,000 deaths from homicide. Many of these deaths are preventable. However, to design effective violence prevention strategies, an essential first step is to ensure the availability of complete, accurate and timely information, particularly with regard to the populations at risk and the circumstances and predisposing factors that contribute to deaths from violence.