Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,,
filename: dcst06spt7.csv,,,,,,,,
"State prisoner table 7. Number of state prisoner deaths, by state, 2001-2006",,,,,,,,
title: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program web tables,,,,,,,,
data source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program,,,,,,,,
authors: Christopher J. Mumola and Margaret E. Noonan,,,,,,,,
refer questions to: askbjs@usdoj.gov  (202) 307-0765,,,,,,,,
date of version: 02-26-09 (data revised from previous editions),,,,,,,,
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"State prisoner table 7. Number of state prisoner deaths, by state, 2001-2006",,,,,,,,
,,Total number of state prisoner deaths,,,,,,
,,2001-2006,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006
,All states/a,"18,550","2,878","2,946","3,167","3,138","3,179","3,242"
Northeast,,"2,723",439,448,492,453,474,417
,Connecticut/b,195,30,30,36,34,40,25
,Maine,25,6,7,2,4,0,6
,Massachusetts,180,29,20,30,25,37,39
,New Hampshire,37,2,9,6,6,8,6
,New Jersey,380,69,60,60,59,61,71
,New York,"1,014",175,185,198,154,171,131
,Pennsylvania,831,122,126,147,163,149,124
,Rhode Island/b,36,3,8,8,7,2,8
,Vermont/b,25,3,3,5,1,6,7
Midwest,,"3,306",525,532,538,600,542,569
,Illinois,504,86,72,80,99,73,94
,Indiana,324,47,50,56,56,45,70
,Iowa/b,79,9,11,13,15,19,12
,Kansas,140,21,22,32,30,19,16
,Michigan,770,114,113,127,138,140,138
,Minnesota,69,13,15,13,6,13,9
,Missouri,401,57,65,66,77,70,66
,Nebraska,45,7,8,7,7,8,8
,North Dakota,8,3,1,1,1,1,1
,Ohio,673,115,114,91,126,121,106
,South Dakota,39,4,11,11,5,4,4
,Wisconsin,254,49,50,41,40,29,45
South/a,,"8,772","1,379","1,347","1,532","1,461","1,483","1,570"
,Alabama,456,87,85,92,65,66,61
,Arkansas,221,42,31,38,35,38,37
,Delaware/b,95,16,15,19,13,19,13
,Florida,"1,318",182,183,221,227,244,261
,Georgia,640,93,106,126,90,122,103
,Kentucky,253,36,41,45,42,43,46
,Louisiana,477,72,78,70,94,89,74
,Maryland,406,70,71,67,79,57,62
,Mississippi,304,36,33,58,53,64,60
,North Carolina,457,67,61,74,95,70,90
,Oklahoma,394,51,64,71,53,75,80
,South Carolina,369,71,45,63,50,75,65
,Tennessee,440,51,61,97,71,76,84
,Texas,"2,376",408,396,383,395,351,443
,Virginia,481,71,69,93,86,84,78
,West Virginia,76,17,8,15,13,10,13
West,,"3,749",535,619,605,624,680,686
,Alaska/b,44,8,14,4,8,4,6
,Arizona,439,65,74,84,66,78,72
,California,"2,096",288,337,333,348,366,424
,Colorado,265,43,51,47,39,54,31
,Hawaii/b,49,7,13,8,8,8,5
,Idaho,81,17,9,12,12,13,18
,Montana,52,6,5,12,12,12,5
,Nevada,159,27,25,24,31,29,23
,New Mexico,86,11,15,11,16,18,15
,Oregon,193,24,33,25,34,37,40
,Utah,50,5,9,10,11,8,7
,Washington,212,29,31,33,37,45,37
,Wyoming,23,5,3,2,2,8,3
"Note: Executions are not included; for data on executions, see Capital Punishment, 2006 - Statistical Tables.",,,,,,,,
"a/Includes 9 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. ",,,,,,,,
b/Prisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison population.,,,,,,,,