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Table 8. Mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners, by state, 2001-2006
Region |
Average annual
mortality rate
per
100,000 state
prisoners,
2001-2006 |
Mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners |
|
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
|
|
All statesa |
250 |
|
242 |
246 |
258 |
253 |
254 |
250 |
|
Northeast |
264 |
|
255 |
258 |
287 |
266 |
279 |
237 |
|
Connecticutb |
171 |
|
167 |
157 |
187 |
181 |
210 |
128 |
|
Maine |
223 |
|
355 |
385 |
102 |
201 |
0 |
296 |
|
Massachusetts |
292 |
|
278 |
199 |
298 |
249 |
364 |
365 |
|
New Hampshire |
246 |
|
86 |
363 |
242 |
247 |
326 |
216 |
|
New Jersey |
229 |
|
241 |
208 |
228 |
224 |
231 |
243 |
|
New York |
257 |
|
252 |
275 |
300 |
238 |
270 |
206 |
|
Pennsylvania |
346 |
|
333 |
321 |
363 |
406 |
363 |
291 |
|
Rhode Islandb |
169 |
|
90 |
221 |
226 |
200 |
59 |
219 |
|
Vermontb |
244 |
|
216 |
218 |
349 |
49 |
304 |
327 |
|
Midwest |
225 |
|
221 |
222 |
220 |
245 |
218 |
223 |
|
Illinois |
189 |
|
188 |
167 |
185 |
223 |
163 |
207 |
|
Indiana |
250 |
|
242 |
250 |
265 |
256 |
197 |
293 |
|
Iowab |
156 |
|
111 |
135 |
155 |
174 |
221 |
139 |
|
Kansas |
261 |
|
246 |
251 |
354 |
327 |
210 |
179 |
|
Michigan |
260 |
|
236 |
226 |
256 |
284 |
286 |
272 |
|
Minnesota |
157 |
|
208 |
223 |
178 |
77 |
155 |
100 |
|
Missouri |
223 |
|
202 |
218 |
218 |
256 |
226 |
219 |
|
Nebraska |
181 |
|
181 |
200 |
169 |
173 |
186 |
176 |
|
North Dakota |
117 |
|
296 |
87 |
88 |
82 |
74 |
72 |
|
Ohio |
249 |
|
254 |
254 |
200 |
285 |
273 |
226 |
|
South Dakota |
212 |
|
150 |
373 |
363 |
158 |
118 |
111 |
|
Wisconsin |
199 |
|
246 |
244 |
188 |
181 |
133 |
202 |
|
South |
275 |
|
272 |
262 |
289 |
271 |
273 |
282 |
|
Alabama |
297 |
|
365 |
318 |
333 |
261 |
257 |
251 |
|
Arkansas |
308 |
|
378 |
266 |
334 |
277 |
302 |
293 |
|
Delawareb |
229 |
|
225 |
220 |
280 |
192 |
275 |
183 |
|
Florida |
274 |
|
253 |
249 |
286 |
277 |
287 |
295 |
|
Georgia |
224 |
|
205 |
228 |
268 |
185 |
256 |
200 |
|
Kentucky |
327 |
|
313 |
337 |
354 |
336 |
324 |
298 |
|
Louisiana |
402 |
|
369 |
394 |
354 |
480 |
454 |
364 |
|
Maryland |
286 |
|
293 |
293 |
278 |
333 |
246 |
270 |
|
Mississippi |
318 |
|
242 |
214 |
365 |
334 |
388 |
366 |
|
North Carolina |
219 |
|
211 |
184 |
220 |
270 |
191 |
239 |
|
Oklahoma |
292 |
|
232 |
288 |
326 |
235 |
326 |
347 |
|
South Carolina |
271 |
|
331 |
203 |
270 |
214 |
325 |
284 |
|
Tennessee |
387 |
|
290 |
343 |
501 |
365 |
391 |
433 |
|
Texas |
258 |
|
278 |
268 |
247 |
253 |
224 |
280 |
|
Virginia |
258 |
|
231 |
223 |
299 |
277 |
271 |
251 |
|
West Virginia |
332 |
|
489 |
225 |
392 |
326 |
252 |
304 |
|
West |
219 |
|
197 |
228 |
217 |
218 |
235 |
222 |
|
Alaskab |
167 |
|
192 |
333 |
90 |
179 |
87 |
123 |
|
Arizona |
237 |
|
240 |
254 |
275 |
212 |
240 |
202 |
|
California |
213 |
|
178 |
213 |
207 |
213 |
223 |
242 |
|
Colorado |
233 |
|
252 |
284 |
252 |
198 |
266 |
144 |
|
Hawaiib |
152 |
|
137 |
252 |
151 |
146 |
140 |
86 |
|
Idaho |
232 |
|
323 |
163 |
214 |
204 |
212 |
278 |
|
Montana |
322 |
|
227 |
171 |
420 |
490 |
451 |
172 |
|
Nevada |
247 |
|
271 |
248 |
236 |
280 |
260 |
185 |
|
New Mexico |
228 |
|
191 |
252 |
179 |
252 |
274 |
220 |
|
Oregon |
265 |
|
226 |
291 |
210 |
268 |
290 |
306 |
|
Utah |
178 |
|
73 |
219 |
227 |
242 |
168 |
141 |
|
Washington |
215 |
|
189 |
194 |
204 |
218 |
272 |
215 |
|
Wyoming |
219 |
|
329 |
191 |
126 |
115 |
407 |
148 |
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Note: State prison rates are per 100,000 inmates held in custody on June 30. Executions are not included; for data on executions, see Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables.
aIncludes 9 prisoner deaths reported by the District of Columbia in 2001.
bPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison population.
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Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
See also Methodology |