State Profile

New Mexico

Population (2023): 2,114 million

New Mexico’s public health outcomes and emergency preparedness betters some states but falls behind others. The state placed in the mid performance tier for public health emergency preparedness in TFAH’s 2024 Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report. Deaths within the state due to drug misuse, alcohol, or suicide outpace the country as a whole. Based on 2022 data, the percentage of adults with obesity rank lower than the U.S. median. In addition, the rates of diabetes and hypertension rank similarly to the U.S. median.