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arrest-related deaths, 2003-2006
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Table 6. Percent of arrest-related deaths, by selected characteristics and cause of death, 2003-2006
| Selected characteristics |
Cause of death, 2003-2006 |
|
| All causes |
Homicide |
Drug/alcohol
intoxication |
Suicide |
Accident |
Illness |
Other/
unknown |
|
|
| |
All deaths |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
100 |
% |
|
|
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Male |
95.8 |
% |
96.6 |
% |
94.6 |
% |
95.2 |
% |
97.3 |
% |
91.4 |
% |
94.0 |
% |
| |
Female |
4.2 |
|
3.4 |
|
5.4 |
|
4.8 |
|
2.7 |
|
8.6 |
|
6.0 |
|
|
|
| Race/Hispanic origin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
White, non-Hispanic |
43.3 |
% |
44.2 |
% |
33.9 |
% |
56.2 |
% |
36.0 |
% |
45.5 |
% |
37.4 |
% |
| |
Black, non-Hispanic |
31.8 |
|
29.7 |
|
39.6 |
|
15.5 |
|
42.7 |
|
40.3 |
|
44.5 |
|
| |
Hispanic |
21.1 |
|
21.3 |
|
22.8 |
|
25.4 |
|
19.7 |
|
11.9 |
|
17.0 |
|
| |
Othera |
3.8 |
|
4.7 |
|
3.8 |
|
2.8 |
|
1.7 |
|
2.2 |
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
| Ageb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Under 18 |
2.6 |
% |
3.4 |
% |
1.3 |
% |
2.1 |
% |
2.8 |
% |
0.0 |
% |
0.5 |
% |
| |
18-24 |
19.2 |
|
23.9 |
|
9.6 |
|
17.3 |
|
20.0 |
|
2.9 |
|
10.4 |
|
| |
25-34 |
29.7 |
|
30.8 |
|
35.5 |
|
25.8 |
|
27.8 |
|
15.8 |
|
29.0 |
|
| |
35-44 |
27.4 |
|
23.6 |
|
35.5 |
|
32.2 |
|
28.9 |
|
23.7 |
|
39.3 |
|
| |
45-54 |
14.9 |
|
12.7 |
|
16.0 |
|
14.8 |
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16.1 |
|
33.1 |
|
15.8 |
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| |
55 or older |
6.2 |
|
5.5 |
|
2.2 |
|
7.8 |
|
4.4 |
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24.5 |
|
4.9 |
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| Number of deaths |
2,686 |
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1,553 |
|
317 |
|
289 |
|
182 |
|
139 |
|
206 |
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aIncludes American Indians, Alaska Natives, Asians, Native Hawaiians,
other Pacific Islanders, and persons of two or more races.
bIncludes 64 cases in which only year of birth was reported, and age
was estimated based on an imputed date of birth of June 30th.
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Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
See also Methodology
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