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Local Jail Deaths, 2000-2005

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2005 data were revised on April 11, 2008; highlighted cells indicate revisions.


Table 1. Number of local jail inmate deaths by cause, 2000-2005
  Number of local jail inmate deaths
Cause of death  2000-2005    2000   2001   2002   2003   2004   2005
    All causes 5,933   912 953 978 1,003 1,033 1,054
Illness 2,763   462 432 459 458 487 465
AIDS 315   60 59 50 54 52 40
Suicide 1,801   289 315 314 296 301 286
Drug/alcohol intoxication 401   37 58 54 90 77 85
Accident 180   25 35 35 27 32 26
Homicide 118   17 22 20 14 23 22
Other/unknown 355   22 32 46 64 61 130
                Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
     See also Methodology

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