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State and local law enforcement
arrest-related deaths, 2003-2006
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Table 8. Number of arrest-related deaths, by state and cause of death, 2003-2006
| Region and jurisdiction |
Cause of death, 2003-2006 |
|
| All causes |
Homicide |
Drug/alcohol
intoxication |
Suicide |
Accident |
Illness |
Other/
unknown |
| |
| |
All states |
2,686 |
|
1,553 |
|
317 |
|
289 |
|
182 |
|
139 |
|
206 |
|
|
| Northeast |
369 |
|
206 |
|
49 |
|
33 |
|
20 |
|
40 |
|
21 |
|
| |
Connecticut |
13 |
|
12 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Maine |
9 |
|
4 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Massachusetts |
25 |
|
7 |
|
10 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
1 |
|
| |
New Hampshire |
7 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
New Jersey |
44 |
|
24 |
|
7 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
| |
New York |
142 |
|
72 |
|
17 |
|
13 |
|
10 |
|
23 |
|
7 |
|
| |
Pennsylvania |
113 |
|
75 |
|
9 |
|
10 |
|
4 |
|
8 |
|
7 |
|
| |
Rhode Island |
11 |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Vermont |
5 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
| Midwest |
472 |
|
326 |
|
38 |
|
41 |
|
31 |
|
17 |
|
19 |
|
| |
Illinois |
100 |
|
67 |
|
5 |
|
11 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
5 |
|
| |
Indiana |
33 |
|
33 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Iowa |
25 |
|
16 |
|
0 |
|
6 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Kansas |
27 |
|
17 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Michigan |
90 |
|
59 |
|
11 |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Minnesota |
23 |
|
16 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Missouri |
16 |
|
10 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Nebraska |
11 |
|
8 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
| |
North Dakota |
7 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Ohio |
97 |
|
66 |
|
12 |
|
2 |
|
7 |
|
3 |
|
7 |
|
| |
South Dakota |
5 |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Wisconsin |
38 |
|
27 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
|
| South |
907 |
|
455 |
|
121 |
|
112 |
|
74 |
|
48 |
|
97 |
|
| |
Alabama |
10 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Arkansasa |
4 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Delaware |
8 |
|
7 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
| |
District of Columbia |
12 |
|
7 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Florida |
277 |
|
157 |
|
24 |
|
6 |
|
28 |
|
6 |
|
56 |
|
| |
Georgia |
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
| |
Kentucky |
11 |
|
11 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Louisianaa |
23 |
|
14 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Maryland |
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
| |
Mississippia |
3 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
North Carolinab |
57 |
|
19 |
|
6 |
|
9 |
|
13 |
|
3 |
|
7 |
|
| |
Oklahomab |
39 |
|
31 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
South Carolinac |
10 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
| |
Tennesseea |
7 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
| |
Texas |
380 |
|
153 |
|
77 |
|
77 |
|
22 |
|
30 |
|
21 |
|
| |
Virginia |
59 |
|
42 |
|
2 |
|
8 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
| |
West Virginia |
7 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
|
| West |
938 |
|
566 |
|
109 |
|
103 |
|
57 |
|
34 |
|
69 |
|
| |
Alaska |
4 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Arizona |
181 |
|
114 |
|
17 |
|
34 |
|
7 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
|
| |
California |
465 |
|
277 |
|
70 |
|
21 |
|
32 |
|
24 |
|
41 |
|
| |
Colorado |
56 |
|
32 |
|
4 |
|
10 |
|
7 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
| |
Hawaii |
12 |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Idaho |
5 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Montana |
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
/ |
|
| |
Nevadad |
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
| |
New Mexico |
42 |
|
18 |
|
5 |
|
15 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Oregon |
54 |
|
46 |
|
1 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Utah |
30 |
|
16 |
|
1 |
|
11 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Washington |
86 |
|
51 |
|
7 |
|
6 |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
17 |
|
| |
Wyomingd |
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
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/Not reported.
aReported data for 2004-2006; did not report 2003 data.
bReported data for 2003-2005; did not report 2006 data.
c2006 data exclude quarter 1.
dReported data for 2003; did not report data for 2004-2006. |
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Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
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