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Deaths in Custody Statistical Tables
Local Jail Deaths, 2000-2006

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Table 1. Number of local jail inmate deaths by cause of death, 2000-2006

	Number of local jail inmate deaths
Cause of death	2000-2006	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
All causes	7,008	905	947	974	1,003	1,030	1,052	1,097
Illness	3,311	459	428	459	458	485	465	557
AIDS	368	58	59	50	54	52	40	55
Suicide	2,076	289	314	314	296	300	286	277
Drug/alcohol   intoxication	489	37	58	55	90	77	85	87
Accident	210	25	35	35	27	32	25	31
Homicide	147	17	21	17	14	23	21	34
Other/unknown	407	20	32	44	64	61	130	56

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