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Deaths in Custody Statistical Tables
Local jail deaths, 2000-2006

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Table 2. Percent of local jail inmate deaths, by cause of death, 2000-2006
Cause of death Percent of local jail inmate deaths
2000-2006 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
    All causes
100
 %
100
 %
100
 %
100
 %
100
 %
100
 %
100
 %
100
 %
Illness
47.2
 %
50.7
 %
45.2
 %
47.1
 %
45.7
 %
47.1
 %
44.2
 %
50.8
 %
AIDS
5.3
6.4
6.2
5.1
5.4
5.0
3.8
5.0
Suicide
29.6
31.9
33.2
32.2
29.5
29.1
27.2
25.3
Drug/alcohol intoxication
7.0
4.1
6.1
5.6
9.0
7.5
8.1
7.9
Accident
3.0
2.8
3.7
3.6
2.7
3.1
2.4
2.8
Homicide
2.1
1.9
2.2
1.7
1.4
2.2
2.0
3.1
Other/unknown
5.8
2.2
3.4
4.5
6.4
5.9
12.4
5.1
Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
     See also Methodology

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