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Table 12. Number of state prisoner deaths, by cause of death and state, 2001-2006
| Region |
Total number of state prisoner deaths, by cause of death |
|
| All causes |
Illness |
AIDS |
Suicide |
Homicide |
Drug/alcohol
intoxication |
Accident |
Other/
unknown |
|
| |
All statesa |
18,550 |
|
15,335 |
|
1,154 |
|
1,172 |
|
299 |
|
213 |
|
180 |
|
197 |
|
|
| Northeast |
2,723 |
|
2,186 |
|
235 |
|
193 |
|
21 |
|
32 |
|
29 |
|
27 |
|
| |
Connecticutb |
195 |
|
162 |
|
1 |
|
30 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Maine |
25 |
|
21 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Massachusetts |
180 |
|
149 |
|
4 |
|
15 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
5 |
|
| |
New Hampshire |
37 |
|
28 |
|
1 |
|
8 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
New Jersey |
380 |
|
288 |
|
53 |
|
20 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
|
4 |
|
6 |
|
| |
New York |
1,014 |
|
752 |
|
155 |
|
69 |
|
9 |
|
12 |
|
15 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Pennsylvaniac |
831 |
|
768 |
|
… |
|
34 |
|
7 |
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
12 |
|
| |
Rhode Islandb |
36 |
|
18 |
|
2 |
|
10 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Vermontb |
25 |
|
14 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
| Midwest |
3,306 |
|
2,828 |
|
126 |
|
241 |
|
32 |
|
16 |
|
36 |
|
27 |
|
| |
Illinois |
504 |
|
389 |
|
47 |
|
47 |
|
6 |
|
3 |
|
6 |
|
6 |
|
| |
Indiana |
324 |
|
275 |
|
9 |
|
20 |
|
7 |
|
2 |
|
5 |
|
6 |
|
| |
Iowa |
79 |
|
67 |
|
1 |
|
10 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Kansas |
140 |
|
122 |
|
1 |
|
10 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Michigan |
770 |
|
681 |
|
24 |
|
45 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
8 |
|
6 |
|
| |
Minnesota |
69 |
|
58 |
|
1 |
|
9 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Missouri |
401 |
|
356 |
|
12 |
|
22 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Nebraska |
45 |
|
38 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
| |
North Dakota |
8 |
|
7 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Ohio |
673 |
|
604 |
|
22 |
|
33 |
|
7 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
3 |
|
| |
South Dakota |
39 |
|
29 |
|
0 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Wisconsin |
254 |
|
202 |
|
8 |
|
38 |
|
0 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
| Southa |
8,772 |
|
7,324 |
|
664 |
|
404 |
|
131 |
|
59 |
|
77 |
|
113 |
|
| |
Alabama |
456 |
|
381 |
|
28 |
|
4 |
|
5 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
|
31 |
|
| |
Arkansas |
221 |
|
178 |
|
14 |
|
15 |
|
8 |
|
0 |
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Delawareb |
95 |
|
59 |
|
16 |
|
11 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
7 |
|
| |
Florida |
1,318 |
|
1,064 |
|
169 |
|
37 |
|
15 |
|
4 |
|
9 |
|
20 |
|
| |
Georgia |
640 |
|
523 |
|
55 |
|
38 |
|
14 |
|
0 |
|
6 |
|
4 |
|
| |
Kentucky |
253 |
|
228 |
|
12 |
|
8 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Louisiana |
477 |
|
402 |
|
59 |
|
9 |
|
4 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Maryland |
406 |
|
255 |
|
73 |
|
30 |
|
16 |
|
24 |
|
1 |
|
7 |
|
| |
Mississippi |
304 |
|
271 |
|
10 |
|
13 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
6 |
|
0 |
|
| |
North Carolina |
457 |
|
385 |
|
34 |
|
17 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
|
12 |
|
3 |
|
| |
Oklahoma |
394 |
|
322 |
|
13 |
|
16 |
|
15 |
|
10 |
|
7 |
|
11 |
|
| |
South Carolina |
369 |
|
319 |
|
22 |
|
16 |
|
8 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Tennessee |
440 |
|
377 |
|
20 |
|
19 |
|
11 |
|
6 |
|
3 |
|
4 |
|
| |
Texas |
2,376 |
|
2,073 |
|
102 |
|
145 |
|
22 |
|
6 |
|
16 |
|
12 |
|
| |
Virginia |
481 |
|
411 |
|
35 |
|
23 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
7 |
|
| |
West Virginia |
76 |
|
70 |
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
| West |
3,749 |
|
2,997 |
|
129 |
|
334 |
|
115 |
|
106 |
|
38 |
|
30 |
|
| |
Alaskab |
44 |
|
27 |
|
0 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
3 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Arizona |
439 |
|
380 |
|
11 |
|
32 |
|
8 |
|
7 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
| |
California |
2,096 |
|
1,628 |
|
98 |
|
190 |
|
81 |
|
69 |
|
13 |
|
17 |
|
| |
Coloradoc |
265 |
|
220 |
|
… |
|
18 |
|
7 |
|
13 |
|
7 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Hawaiib |
49 |
|
37 |
|
1 |
|
8 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
| |
Idaho |
81 |
|
67 |
|
0 |
|
11 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Montana |
52 |
|
43 |
|
0 |
|
8 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Nevada |
159 |
|
131 |
|
6 |
|
12 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
| |
New Mexico |
86 |
|
70 |
|
2 |
|
8 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
| |
Oregon |
193 |
|
165 |
|
3 |
|
13 |
|
1 |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
|
| |
Utah |
50 |
|
30 |
|
0 |
|
14 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Washington |
212 |
|
180 |
|
8 |
|
12 |
|
5 |
|
2 |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
| |
Wyoming |
23 |
|
19 |
|
0 |
|
2 |
|
0 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
0 |
|
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Note: Executions are not included; for data on executions, see Capital Punishment, 2006-Statistical Tables.
… Data not reported.
aIncludes nine prisoner deaths reported by the District of Columbia in 2001. As of December 30, 2001, sentenced felons from the District of Columbia were the responsibility of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
bPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison population.
cState law restricts the reporting of personally-identifiable information on AIDS-related deaths; all AIDS-related deaths are included in "illness" category. For data on AIDS-related deaths in prison, see HIV in Prisons, 2006. |
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Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
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