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Deaths in Custody Statistical Tables
State prison deaths, 2001-2006

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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 251 242 246 258 253 254 250
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
  Iowa 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
Southa 275 271 262 289 271 273 282
  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 220 198 228 217 218 235 222
  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 186 121 219 227 242 168 141
  Washington 215 189 194 204 218 272 215
  Wyoming 219 329 191 126 115 407 148

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 nine 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.
bPrisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison population.
Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
     See also Methodology

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