This web page provides basic data on the number and characteristics of deaths reported each year by approximately 3,000 local jails nationwide, and provides national data on the number and rate of jail deaths, by cause and over time, as well as specific data on the nation's 50 largest jail jurisdictions.
Local Jail Deaths, 2000-2007
Table 1. Number of local jail inmate deaths by cause of death, 2000-2007
Table 2. Percent of local jail inmate deaths by cause of death, 2000-2007
Table 3. Mortality rate per 100,000 local jail inmates, by cause of death, 2000-2007
Table 4. Number of local jail inmate deaths, by selected characteristics, 2000-2007
Table 5. Percent of local jail inmate deaths, by selected characteristics, 2000-2007
Table 6. Mortality rate per 100,000 local jail inmates, by selected characteristics, 2000-2007
Table 7. Number of local jail inmate deaths, by 50 largest jail jurisdictions, 2000-2007
Table 8. Mortality rate per 100,000 local jail inmates, by 50 largest jail jurisdictions, 2000-2007
Table 9. Number of local jail inmate deaths, by cause of death and selected characteristics, 2000-2007
Table 10. Percent of local jail inmate deaths, by cause of death and selected characteristics, 2000-2007
Table 11. Average annual mortality rate per 100,000 local jail inmates, by cause of death and selected characteristics, 2000-2007
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