Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Roca Honda Mine

Chapter 3. Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences
Cardiovascular disease has been a leading cause of death in the U.S. for many decades, and is
currently the leading cause of death in New Mexico. In New Mexico, cardiovascular disease more
greatly impacts White males compared to other racial groups (NMDH, 2011a). Since 1999, rates
of hospital admissions for diseases of the circulatory system (heart) in non-Federal hospitals have
decreased in both McKinley and Cibola County (figure 72).
Figure 72. Hospitalizations for diseases of the circulatory system in Cibola and McKinley
Counties, 1999–2010
Current death rates due to diseases of the heart are similar in the ROI and the State as are the
hospitalization rates for acute myocardial infarction. However, in McKinley County death due to
stroke is much higher compared to Cibola County, and McKinley County has one of the highest
rates in the State (table 80).
Table 80. Mortality and hospitalization due to cardiovascular diseases in the Cibola and
McKinley Counties, per 10,000 population
Cibola County
Diseases of the heart death rate (2005-2007) 17.67
(13.88 – 21.47)
Stroke death rate (2005-2009) 2.68
(1.69 – 3.67)
Acute myocardial infarction hospitalization
rate (2006-2008, aged 35+yrs)
Source: NMDH, 2008a; NMDH 2011a
Abbreviations: CI – confidence interval
19.7
(16.7 – 22.6)
McKinley
County
21.22
(17.93 – 24.50)
5.00
(3.88 – 6.11)
10.8
(9.5 – 12.1)
New Mexico
20.38
(19.95 – 20.81)
3.82
(3.69 – 3.95)
14.1
(13.8 – 14.4)
386 DEIS for Roca Honda Mine, Cibola National Forest