Bureau of Justice Statistics,,,,,,,,
filename: dcst06spt8.csv,,,,,,,,
"State prisoner table 8. Mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners, 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: 06-25-08,,,,,,,,

"State prisoner table 8. Mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners, by state, 2001-2006 ",,,,,,,,
,,,"Mortality rate per 100,000 state prisoners",,,,,
,,"Average annual mortality rate, per 100,000 State prisoners, 2001-2006",2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006
,All states/a,250,242,246,258,253,254,250
Northeast,,264,255,258,287,266,279,237
,Connecticut/b,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 Island/b,169,90,221,226,200,59,219
,Vermont/b,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/b,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
,Delaware/b,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
,Alaska/b,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
,Hawaii/b,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
"Note: State prison rates are per 100,000 inmates held in cutody on June 30. The District of Columbia transferred all prisoner custody operations to the Federal Bureau of Prisons during 2001. 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.,,,,,,,,
b/Prisons and jails form one integrated system. Data include total jail and prison population.,,,,,,,,