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Local Jail Deaths, 2000-2005

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Table 9. Number of local jail inmate deaths, by cause of death and
selected characteristics, 2000-2005

		Number of local jail inmate deaths, by cause of death
Characteristic		Illness	AIDS	Suicide	Drug/alcohol  intoxication		Accident	Homicide	Other/  unknown
	Total	2,763	315	1,801	401		180	118	355
Gender
	Male	2,421	283	1,652	316		163	115	301
	Female	340	32	146	84		17	3	50
Race/Hispanic origin
	White, non-Hispanic	1,229	48	1,258	256		111	48	168
	Black, non-Hispanic	1,145	221	256	90		47	44	128
	Hispanic	326	43	224	48		17	24	41
	Other/multiple races	45	3	58	5		5	1	3
Age
	Under 18	7	1	46	3		2	1	3
	18-24	96	11	389	54		23	30	37
	25-34	328	76	569	128		46	20	63
	35-44	785	137	522	127		56	34	103
	45-54	966	74	211	76		42	22	87
	55 or older	570	16	59	10		11	10	46
Note: Detail may not add to total due to missing data.

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