Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,, filename: dcst06spt8.csv,,,,,,,, "State prisoner table 8. Mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners, by 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 (data revised from previous editions),,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, "State prisoner table 8. Mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners, by state, 2001-2006 ",,,,,,,, ,,,"Mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners",,,,, ,,"Average annual mortality rate, per 100,000 State prisoners, 2001-2006",2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006 ,All states/a,251,242,246,258,253,254,250 Northeast,,264,255,258,287,266,279,237 ,Connecticut/b,171,167,157,187,181,210,128 ,Maine,223,355,385,102,201,0,296 ,Massachusetts,292,278,199,298,249,364,365 ,New Hampshire,246,86,363,242,247,326,216 ,New Jersey,229,241,208,228,224,231,243 ,New York,257,252,275,300,238,270,206 ,Pennsylvania,346,333,321,363,406,363,291 ,Rhode Island/b,169,90,221,226,200,59,219 ,Vermont/b,244,216,218,349,49,304,327 Midwest,,225,221,222,220,245,218,223 ,Illinois,189,188,167,185,223,163,207 ,Indiana,250,242,250,265,256,197,293 ,Iowa/b,156,111,135,155,174,221,139 ,Kansas,261,246,251,354,327,210,179 ,Michigan,260,236,226,256,284,286,272 ,Minnesota,157,208,223,178,77,155,100 ,Missouri,223,202,218,218,256,226,219 ,Nebraska,181,181,200,169,173,186,176 ,North Dakota,117,296,87,88,82,74,72 ,Ohio,249,254,254,200,285,273,226 ,South Dakota,212,150,373,363,158,118,111 ,Wisconsin,199,246,244,188,181,133,202 South,,275,271,262,289,271,273,282 ,Alabama,297,365,318,333,261,257,251 ,Arkansas,308,378,266,334,277,302,293 ,Delaware/b,229,225,220,280,192,275,183 ,Florida,274,253,249,286,277,287,295 ,Georgia,224,205,228,268,185,256,200 ,Kentucky,327,313,337,354,336,324,298 ,Louisiana,402,369,394,354,480,454,364 ,Maryland,286,293,293,278,333,246,270 ,Mississippi,318,242,214,365,334,388,366 ,North Carolina,219,211,184,220,270,191,239 ,Oklahoma,292,232,288,326,235,326,347 ,South Carolina,271,331,203,270,214,325,284 ,Tennessee,387,290,343,501,365,391,433 ,Texas,258,278,268,247,253,224,280 ,Virginia,258,231,223,299,277,271,251 ,West Virginia,332,489,225,392,326,252,304 West,,220,198,228,217,218,235,222 ,Alaska/b,167,192,333,90,179,87,123 ,Arizona,237,240,254,275,212,240,202 ,California,213,178,213,207,213,223,242 ,Colorado,233,252,284,252,198,266,144 ,Hawaii/b,152,137,252,151,146,140,86 ,Idaho,232,323,163,214,204,212,278 ,Montana,322,227,171,420,490,451,172 ,Nevada,247,271,248,236,280,260,185 ,New Mexico,228,191,252,179,252,274,220 ,Oregon,265,226,291,210,268,290,306 ,Utah,186,121,219,227,242,168,141 ,Washington,215,189,194,204,218,272,215 ,Wyoming,219,329,191,126,115,407,148 "Note: State prison rates are per 100,000 inmates held in custody (including private facilities) on June 30th. Executions are not included; for data on executions, see Capital Punishment, 2006, available at .",,,,,,,, "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.,,,,,,,,