NEW MEXICO COVID-19 MORTALITY UPDATE · 2/1/2021 · 1 . NEW MEXICO COVID-19 MORTALITY UPDATE. February 1, 2021 All data reported here exclude cases who live out-of-state. Total

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NEW MEXICO COVID-19 MORTALITY UPDATE February 1, 2021

All data reported here exclude cases who live out-of-state.

Total Deaths Deaths in the Last 14 Days 3,295 125

SECTION 1: DEATH COUNTS

Daily Number of Deaths and 7-day Moving Average

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Number of Deaths by Age Group Each Month

Age Group (years) Mar'20 Apr'20 May'20 Jun'20 Jul'20 Aug'20 Sep'20 Oct'20 Nov'20 Dec'20 Jan'21 Total

0-17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18-44 1 14 15 9 14 16 9 13 40 50 29 210 45-64 0 23 64 42 44 29 15 43 158 210 110 738 65-74 1 24 49 26 40 19 14 37 204 228 122 764 75+ 4 85 130 50 77 63 28 89 371 478 207 1582

Total 6 146 258 127 175 127 66 182 774 966 468 3295

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Number of Deaths by Gender Each Month

Gender Mar'20 Apr'20 May'20 Jun'20 Jul'20 Aug'20 Sep'20 Oct'20 Nov'20 Dec'20 Jan'21 Total

Male 3 79 137 73 100 67 40 98 443 548 261 1849 Female 3 67 121 54 75 60 26 84 331 418 207 1446 Total 6 146 258 127 175 127 66 182 774 966 468 3295

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Number of Deaths by Race/Ethnicity Each Month

Race/Ethnicity Mar'20 Apr'20 May'20 Jun'20 Jul'20 Aug'20 Sep'20 Oct'20 Nov'20 Dec'20 Jan'21 Total American Indian/ Alaska Native

0 74 162 82 69 41 17 29 141 217 120 952

Asian/Pacific Islander

1 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 7 7 26

Black/African American

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Hispanic or Latino 2 22 40 22 62 48 31 93 372 398 187 1277 White 3 48 55 22 40 36 15 51 241 323 130 964 Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 7 17 31 Total 6 146 258 127 175 127 66 182 774 966 468 3295

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Percentage of Deaths by Race/Ethnicity and Age Group

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Asian/PI(n=26)

Black/AfAm(n=45)

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Number of deaths by New Mexico County of residence each month

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Bernalillo San Juan McKinley Dona Ana Santa Fe Sandoval Cibola

Chaves Eddy Valencia Curry Lea Rio Arriba Roosevelt

Colfax Grant Luna Otero Sierra Socorro Lincoln

Torrance Guadalupe San Miguel Mora Taos Hidalgo Los Alamos

Quay Union Catron De Baca Harding

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Number of deaths by New Mexico County of residence each month – continued

County of Residence Mar'20 Apr'20 May'20 Jun'20 Jul'20 Aug'20 Sep'20 Oct'20 Nov'20 Dec'20 Jan'21 Total Bernalillo 4 35 43 12 40 36 15 46 185 244 113 773 San Juan 0 57 75 38 16 8 3 4 42 72 64 379 McKinley 0 27 106 48 51 21 9 4 33 71 44 414 Dona Ana 0 1 3 7 21 20 8 38 133 90 35 356 Santa Fe 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 11 29 41 30 118 Sandoval 1 14 12 3 10 3 0 8 41 59 29 180 Cibola 0 3 4 9 3 3 0 2 27 27 23 101 Chaves 0 1 2 0 3 0 6 7 33 56 19 127 Eddy 1 0 0 0 4 1 8 14 30 26 17 101 Valencia 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 3 28 38 11 84 Curry 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 7 14 23 10 61 Lea 0 0 0 0 7 11 8 8 35 43 9 121 Rio Arriba 0 0 1 0 4 9 1 0 12 20 8 55 Roosevelt 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 7 11 15 8 45 Colfax 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 19 7 34 Grant 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 14 7 28 Luna 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 5 25 14 6 57 Otero 0 0 4 3 4 2 0 2 15 15 4 49 Sierra 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 28 4 44 Socorro 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 8 15 15 3 47 Lincoln 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 1 3 14 Torrance 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 11 Guadalupe 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 8 San Miguel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 8 Mora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 Taos 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 27 11 1 44 Hidalgo 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 3 1 9 Los Alamos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Quay 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 8 Union 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 8 Catron 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 De Baca 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 6 146 258 127 175 127 66 182 774 966 468 3295

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Number of Deaths by Underlying Conditions Each Month

Underlying Conditions Mar'20 Apr'20 May'20 Jun'20 Jul'20 Aug'20 Sep'20 Oct'20 Nov'20 Dec'20 Jan'21 Total

Hypertension 0 16 31 37 99 58 32 93 380 413 207 1366 Diabetes 2 36 80 54 82 48 26 66 308 344 163 1209 Cardiovascular Disease 1 55 98 45 72 39 23 69 268 271 126 1067

Chronic Lung Disease 2 33 58 18 45 24 16 32 154 170 64 616

Chronic Kidney Disease 1 14 32 17 33 20 13 39 171 210 76 626

Obesity 0 8 19 16 29 21 7 19 125 117 65 426 Chronic Liver Disease 0 5 8 15 13 13 11 20 45 53 24 207

Immuno-compromised 0 6 17 6 8 5 3 8 22 39 8 122

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Percentage and Number of Deaths Each Month by Number of Underlying Conditions Reported

Number of Underlying Conditions

Mar'20 Apr'20 May'20 Jun'20 Jul'20 Aug'20 Sep'20 Oct'20 Nov'20 Dec'20 Jan'21 Total

None 3 57 72 31 28 28 9 28 163 271 140 830 One 2 34 79 32 36 29 17 52 177 212 107 777 Two 0 33 69 29 35 35 19 44 178 204 101 747 Three or more 1 22 38 35 76 35 21 58 256 279 120 941 Total 6 146 258 127 175 127 66 182 774 966 468 3295

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Percentage of Deaths by Underlying Condition and Age Group

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Diabetes(n=1209)

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Chronic Lung Disease(n=616)

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Number and percent of deaths by Test Result and Cause of Death on the Death Certificate

Positive COVID-19 Test Result* COVID-19 Cause/Contributor of Death on Death Certificate Number of Deaths Percent

Yes Yes 2901 88.0% Yes No 76 2.3% Yes Pending 267 8.1% No Yes 51 1.5% Total 3295 100.0%

* Positive RT-PCR or Rapid Test

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Number and percent of deaths by underlying cause of death on the death certificate

Underlying Cause Number of Deaths* Percent

COVID-19 2147 91.8% Cardiovascular Disease 51 2.2% Other 54 2.3% Alzheimer's or Dementia 34 1.5%

Cancer 17 0.7% Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis 15 0.6% Chronic lower respiratory disease 7 0.3% Chronic Kidney Disease 4 0.2% Diabetes 7 0.3% Influenza & pneumonia 3 0.1% Total 2339 100.0% *Excludes 956 (29%) deaths which have not yet been coded by the National Center for Health Statistics.

COVID-1991.8%

Cardiovascular Disease2.2%

Other2.3%

Alzheimer's or Dementia1.5%

Cancer0.7%

Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis

0.6%

Chronic lower respiratory disease

0.3%

Chronic Kidney Disease0.2%

Diabetes0.3%

Influenza & pneumonia0.1%

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SECTION 2: MORTALITY RATES

Mortality Rate per 100,000 Population by Age Group

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Age-adjusted Mortality rate per 100,000 Population by Race/Ethnicity

Age-adjusted Mortality rate among AI/AN by Month of 1st Positive Test

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Age-adjusted Mortality Rate per 100,000 Population by New Mexico County

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Age-adjusted Mortality Rate per 100,000 Population by County (last 14 days)

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SECTION 3: CASE FATALITY RATES

Case Fatality Rate by Age Group

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Age-adjusted* Case Fatality Case Fatality Rate by Month of 1st Positive Test

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*Age-adjusted case fatality rates are adjusted to the current distribution of U.S. COVID-19 cases.

https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index.html

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Age-adjusted* Case Fatality Rate by Gender

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*Age-adjusted case fatality rates are adjusted to the current distribution of U.S. COVID-19 cases. https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index. html#demographics


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Age-adjusted* Case Fatality Rate by Race/Ethnicity

Age-adjusted* Case Fatality Rate Among AI/AN, by Month of 1st Positive Test

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Case Fatality Rate by Race/Ethnicity and Age Group

0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90+AI/AN 0.0% 0.0% 0.3% 1.3% 2.0% 3.6% 8.0% 17.2% 26.6% 38.6%Hispanic 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.2% 0.6% 1.6% 4.4% 12.1% 24.0% 35.7%White 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.2% 0.4% 1.3% 3.1% 9.4% 24.3% 32.6%

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Age-adjusted* Case Fatality Rate by Race/Ethnicity and Gender

Age-adjusted* Case Fatality Rate Among AI/AN, by Month of 1st Positive Test and Gender

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Age-adjusted* Case Fatality Rate by Gender, Underlying Conditions, and Hospitalization Status

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*Age-adjusted case fatality rates are adjusted to the current distribution of U.S. COVID-19 cases. https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index.html#demographics


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Data Sources

• COVID-19 data: New Mexico Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NM-EDSS), Infectious Disease Epidemiology Bureau, Epidemiology and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health.

• Mortality data: Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Epidemiology and Response Division, New Mexico Department of Health. • Population Estimates: University of New Mexico, Geospatial and Population Studies (GPS) Program. • Age-adjustment: US 2000 Standard Population Weights for mortality rates. US COVID-19 cases for case fatality rates.

Data Notes

• The data reported in this weekly update may not match the daily numbers that are reported in the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) press releases and/or the NMDOH COVID-19 data dashboard. This may be due to variation in the date and time of data extraction from NM-EDSS, corrections after quality assurance review, and differences in the exclusion criteria.

• New Mexico Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NM-EDSS). Disease incidence data are derived from reports of notifiable infectious diseases. NMDOH relies on health care providers, laboratories, hospitals, clinics, institutions and individuals to report suspected and confirmed notifiable infectious diseases in accordance with New Mexico Administrative Code 7.4.3.13. Under-reporting can occur due to of lack of awareness about reporting requirements or lack of compliance with those requirements. Not all cases of infectious diseases can be detected for various reasons including lack of access to health care services, lack of laboratory testing or concerns about confidentiality. Specific and standardized national case definitions are used to classify disease reports by case status.

• New Mexico COVID-19 Related Deaths. Following the standardized surveillance case definition published by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, COVID-19 related deaths in NM include 1) deaths of confirmed cases, which have a documented positive RT-PCR test or rapid test for SARS-CoV-2; and 2) deaths based on vital records criteria in the absence of confirmatory laboratory evidence, which is a death certificate that lists COVID-19 disease or SARS-CoV-2 as a cause of death or a significant condition contributing to death. Death certificates may list multiple causes of death, with one single cause identified as the underlying cause of death defined as the condition that began the chain of events that ultimately led to the person’s death. Death certificates may also list significant conditions contributing to death, defined as a condition or circumstance that contributed to the cause of death but did not result in the underlying cause nor participated in the causal pathway to the final or immediate cause of death. NM only includes natural deaths, and excludes intentional and unintentional injury deaths among confirmed cases.

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• New Mexico Population Estimates. All population estimates apply to July 1 of 2019. Estimates include decimal fractions. The sum of population subgroup estimates may not exactly equal the overall state population estimate due to rounding error. 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.

• Race/ethnicity. Race and ethnicity are reported as a single variable, race/ethnicity, according to the selection of the case. Any case who is Hispanic is in the Hispanic category and all other races are non-Hispanic.

• Mortality rate per 100,000 population. A basic measure of disease-specific hospitalization frequency is a rate, which takes into account the number of deaths and the population size. It is helpful in making public health decisions for a given population, relative to another population regardless of size.

• Age-adjusted mortality or case fatality rate per 100,000 population. The age-distribution of a population (the number of people in particular age categories) can change over time and can be different in different geographic areas. The use of age-adjusted rates permits a valid comparison among populations. It ensures that the differences in deaths from one population to another are not due to differences in the age distribution of the populations being compared.

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NEW MEXICO COVID-19 MORTALITY UPDATE · 2/1/2021 · 1 . NEW MEXICO COVID-19 MORTALITY UPDATE. February 1, 2021 All data reported here exclude cases who live out-of-state. Total