1. The Value of the Online Query System:
Environmental Public Health Tracking
December 6, 2018
Brian Woods
Deyonne Sandoval
New Mexico Department of Health
Epidemiology and Response Division
Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau

2. Health data. Health tips.
Vision: Healthy informed communities
Mission: Drive action to improve health by providing integrated health and environmental data.
Goal: Support New Mexicans in learning about the relationships between environmental exposures and associated health effects.
Environmental data.
Health data. Health tips.
All in one spot.

3. Practical Health Tips and Alerts Environment and Health Information
New Mexico Tracking Portal:
Practical Health Tips and Alerts
Environment and Health Information

6. Curated Environmental Health Data Packages33
Community Profiles
County environmental health snapshot.
A starting point for community health assessments. 56
Indicator Reports
Health indicator snapshot.
Analysis in
Graph
Map
Table
160
Data Sets
Data Query
Search Data
Set Specifications
Excel Download
Analysis in
Graph
Map
Table
We are always adding but at last count , today NMEPHT offers
56 Indicator Reports publicly available on the web portal. These easy‐to‐use reports provide a snapshot of
the health indicator and results of the data analysis, in many cases in graph, map and table forms.
Further, the portal offers approximately 160 query able datasets for health outcomes and environmental topics. The evidence‐based information is at
and
Further, we offer 33 Community Environmental Health Profiles which are often a great starting point for local-level and community-based programs when conducting an assessment of sort, characterizing environmental health issues in their communities, and in grant writing and program planning.
Plus numerous health communication pages and toolkits.

8. Getting to the data
Select Data Portal
Phone
Computer

9. Nationally Consistent Data and Measures – NCDM
EPHT
Nationally Consistent Data and Measures – NCDM
Portal access to
Metadata
Indicator Reports
Queries
And more

14. Acute Myocardial Infarction
Deaths and Hospitalizations, New Mexico

15. Hospitalization with Acute Myocardial Infarction, Small Area and Texas Cross-border by County, New Mexico,

17. COPD Hospitalization with Primary Diagnosis, Crude Rates per 10,000, Adults Age 65+, by Small Area, New Mexico,

18. CO Poisoning Emergency Department Visits with Primary and Secondary Diagnosis by Small Area, New Mexico,

19. Poison and Drug Information Center,
CO Exposures Calls,
In Cooperation with
Poison and Drug Information Center,
University of
New Mexico
College of Pharmacy

20. CO Exposures Calls, In Cooperation with
Poison and Drug Information Center,
University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy

25. Emergency Department Visits with Primary and Secondary Heat Stress Diagnosis by Small Area, New Mexico,

26. EPA ECO-Regions, DOH Small Areas and Climate Monitors
Synthesizing Appropriate
Heat Related Illness Parameters for Meaningful Analyses and Risk Modeling

27. Lower Pecos River Basin ED HRI Days and Heat Event Temperatures, Fo, 2017

28. HRI Risk Quartile Estimates
Percent
HRI Risk
FO Point
Estimate
95% Confidence Intervals
Lower
Upper 75
100.00 98
103 50
94.00 93 96 25
88.00 87 90

29. HRI Risk Quartile Estimates
Percent
HRI Risk
FO Point
Estimate
95% Confidence Intervals
Lower
Upper 75
98.06
98.98
98.96 50
86.00
84.92
87.08 25
73.94
71.96
75.02

31. Drinking Water Quality Health Impact Assessment
Environmental Health Resources
Toolkits
Fire, Smoke, Health
Drinking Water Quality
Health Impact Assessment
What to do when it is smoky outside.
When to cancel/postpone outdoor events.
Handouts you can use.
Private Well Data
Community Water Systems Data
Educational Resources on Drinking Water Quality
HIA Procedures, Methods and Tools to Identify:
Potential effects of a proposed project on the health of a population
NM EPHT offers these tools and resources to the public:
Wildland Fire and Smoke Visibility Method with a Communications and Safety Decision Making Toolkit
Private Well Owners Resource Toolkit and Water Quality from Community Water Systems Toolkit
Health Impact Assessment Toolkit 
Plus numerous health communication pages on various environmental health topics.

32. NM EPHT Data Explorer 2. Click on Data Portal1.
2. Click on Data Portal
3. Indicator Reports & Data Query

33. Our Team Barbara Toth, Ph.D., DABT Lead by New Mexico EPHT
Team Member
Michael Landen
Division Director
Heidi Krapfl
Deputy Director/ EPHT Principal Investigator
Barbara Toth
Program Manager
Deyonne Sandoval
Coordinator, Evaluator, Communications, Content
Brain Woods
Epidemiologist and Data Display
Anthony Fristachi
Nick Sharp
Rose Galbraith
Epidemiologist/ Private Wells and Data Display
Alison Stargel
Epidemiologist/Biomonitoring
Alex Gallegos
Epidemiologist/ Lead Poisoning
Lois Haggard
IBIS Program Manager
Paul Leo
Website Development
Patty Hawkins
Administration/ Budget
Martina Garcia
Analyst/Birth Defects
Tammy Thomas
Health Education Support
Amber McKim
Administration
Lead by
Barbara Toth, Ph.D., DABT
New Mexico EPHT
Program Manager
This it the team that makes all of that happen.

34. Environmental Public Health Tracking
New Mexico
Environmental Public Health Tracking
On Track
Environmental data.
Health Data and Healthy Living Tips.
All in one spot.
Together let’s keep New Mexicans on a healthy track.
All these resources are available at nmtracking.org