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State Juvenile Correctional Facility Deaths, 2002-2005
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Table 1. Number of deaths in State juvenile correctional facilities, by cause, 2002-2005
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Number of deaths in State juvenile correctional facilities |
| Cause of death |
2002-2005 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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| All causes |
43 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
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| Suicide |
21 |
7 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
| Illness |
10 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
| AIDS |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Homicide |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
| Accident |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Drug/alcohol intoxication |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other/unknown |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
See also Methodology
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