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Local Jail Deaths, 2000-2006

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Table 3. Mortality rate per 100,000 local jail inmates, by cause of death, 2000-2006

	Average annual mortality rate per 100,000 local jail inmates, 2000-2006		Mortality rate per 100,000 local jail inmates
Cause of death			2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
All causes	145		146	150	146	145	144	141	143
Illness	69		74	68	69	66	68	62	73
AIDS	8		9	9	8	8	7	5	7
Suicide	43		47	50	47	43	42	38	36
Drug/alcohol   intoxication	10		6	9	8	13	11	11	11
Accident	4		4	6	5	4	4	3	4
Homicide	3		3	3	3	2	3	3	4
Other/unknown	8		3	5	7	9	9	17	7
Note: Mortality rates are based on June 30th custody population.

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