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State Juvenile Correctional Facility Deaths, 2002-2005
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Table 2. Percent of deaths in State juvenile correctional facilities, by cause of death, 2002-2005
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Percent of deaths in State juvenile correctional facilities |
| Cause of death |
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2002-2005 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
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| All causes |
100.0 |
% |
100.0 |
% |
100.0 |
% |
100.0 |
% |
100.0 |
% |
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| Suicide |
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46.5 |
% |
53.8 |
% |
30.0 |
% |
90.9 |
% |
11.1 |
% |
| Illness |
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24.2 |
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23.1 |
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20.0 |
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9.1 |
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44.4 |
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| AIDS |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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| Homicide |
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13.1 |
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0.0 |
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30.0 |
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0.0 |
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22.2 |
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| Accident |
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4.7 |
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7.7 |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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11.1 |
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| Drug/alcohol intoxication |
0.0 |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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0.0 |
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| Other/unknown |
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11.6 |
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15.4 |
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20.0 |
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9.0 |
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11.1 |
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Source: Deaths in Custody Reporting Program.
See also Methodology
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