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Deaths in Custody Statistical Tables
State Prison Deaths, 2001-2006

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Table 3. Mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners, by cause of death, 2001-2006

Cause of death	Average annual mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners, 2001-2006		Mortality rate, per             100,000 state prisoners
			2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
All causes	251		242	246	258	253	254	250
Illness	207		194	198	215	213	213	209
AIDS	16		23	20	17	12	12	10
Suicide	16		14	14	16	16	17	17
Homicide	4		3	4	4	4	4	4
Drug/alcohol intoxication	3		3	3	2	2	3	4
Accident	2		2	3	2	3	2	3
Other/unknown	3		3	3	2	3	1	3
Note: Mortality rates are based on the June 30 state prison custody population count, collected in the National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) program.  Executions are not included; for data on executions, see Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables.

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