Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,,, filename: dcst06spt12.csv,,,,,,,,, "State prisoner table 12. Number of state prisoner deaths, by cause of death and state, 2001-2006",,,,,,,,, title: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program web tables,,,,,,,,, data source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program,,,,,,,,, authors: Christopher J. Mumola and Margaret E. Noonan,,,,,,,,, refer questions to: askbjs@usdoj.gov (202) 307-0765,,,,,,,,, date of version: 02-26-09,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, "State prisoner table 12. Number of state prisoner deaths, by cause of death and state, 2001-2006",,,,,,,,, ,,"Total number of State prisoner deaths, by cause of deaths",,,,,,, ,,All causes,Illness,AIDS,Suicide,Homicide,Drug/alcohol intoxication,Accident,Other/unknown ,All States/a,"18,550","15,335","1,154","1,172",299,213,180,197 Northeast,,"2,723","2,186",235,193,21,32,29,27 ,Connecticut/b,195,162,1,30,0,0,2,0 ,Maine,25,21,1,2,0,1,0,0 ,Massachusetts,180,149,4,15,1,4,2,5 ,New Hampshire,37,28,1,8,0,0,0,0 ,New Jersey,380,288,53,20,4,5,4,6 ,New York,"1,014",752,155,69,9,12,15,2 ,Pennsylvania/c,831,768,…,34,7,5,5,12 ,Rhode Island/b,36,18,2,10,0,3,1,2 ,Vermont/b,25,14,4,5,0,2,0,0 Midwest,,"3,306","2,828",126,241,32,16,36,27 ,Illinois,504,389,47,47,6,3,6,6 ,Indiana,324,275,9,20,7,2,5,6 ,Iowa,79,67,1,10,0,0,0,1 ,Kansas,140,122,1,10,1,1,5,0 ,Michigan,770,681,24,45,3,3,8,6 ,Minnesota,69,58,1,9,0,1,0,0 ,Missouri,401,356,12,22,6,1,3,1 ,Nebraska,45,38,1,1,0,2,1,2 ,North Dakota,8,7,0,1,0,0,0,0 ,Ohio,673,604,22,33,7,0,4,3 ,South Dakota,39,29,0,5,2,0,3,0 ,Wisconsin,254,202,8,38,0,3,1,2 South/a,,"8,772","7,324",664,404,131,59,77,113 ,Alabama,456,381,28,4,5,0,7,31 ,Arkansas,221,178,14,15,8,0,4,2 ,Delaware/b,95,59,16,11,2,0,0,7 ,Florida,"1,318","1,064",169,37,15,4,9,20 ,Georgia,640,523,55,38,14,0,6,4 ,Kentucky,253,228,12,8,1,1,2,1 ,Louisiana,477,402,59,9,4,0,1,2 ,Maryland,406,255,73,30,16,24,1,7 ,Mississippi,304,271,10,13,1,3,6,0 ,North Carolina,457,385,34,17,5,1,12,3 ,Oklahoma,394,322,13,16,15,10,7,11 ,South Carolina,369,319,22,16,8,0,2,2 ,Tennessee,440,377,20,19,11,6,3,4 ,Texas,"2,376","2,073",102,145,22,6,16,12 ,Virginia,481,411,35,23,3,1,1,7 ,West Virginia,76,70,1,3,1,1,0,0 West,,"3,749","2,997",129,334,115,106,38,30 ,Alaska/b,44,27,0,6,1,3,6,1 ,Arizona,439,380,11,32,8,7,1,0 ,California,"2,096","1,628",98,190,81,69,13,17 ,Colorado/c,265,220,…,18,7,13,7,0 ,Hawaii/b,49,37,1,8,1,0,1,1 ,Idaho,81,67,0,11,0,0,1,2 ,Montana,52,43,0,8,1,0,0,0 ,Nevada,159,131,6,12,6,1,2,1 ,New Mexico,86,70,2,8,3,2,1,0 ,Oregon,193,165,3,13,1,6,1,4 ,Utah,50,30,0,14,1,2,1,2 ,Washington,212,180,8,12,5,2,3,2 ,Wyoming,23,19,0,2,0,1,1,0 … Data not reported.,,,,,,,,, "a/ Includes 9 prisoner deaths reported by the District of Columbia in 2001. As of December 30, 2001, sentenced felons from the District of Columbia were the responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. ",,,,,,,,, b/ Prisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison population.,,,,,,,,, "c/ State law restricts the reporting of personally-identifiable information on AIDS-related deaths; all AIDS-related deaths are included in ""illness"" category. For data on AIDS-related deaths in prison, see HIV in Prisons, 2006, available at .",,,,,,,,,