Death rates due to homicide and natural causes were lower in jails than in the general population, but inmates committed suicide at a rate between 5 and 15 times higher than the rate for free citizens. The aggregate trend in jail death rates was downward from 1978 to 1983; suicide rates, however, exhibited less of a decline than inmate deaths due to other causes. Statistical analysis of inmate death rates by State indicates that in 1983, inmate deaths were related to the number of persons in jails and the average length of time in jail. Data for 1978 indicate that inmate death rates were related not only to the number of inmates and the period at risk, but also to intrainstitutional and extrainstitutional factors operative in local corrections. 54 references and 9 data tables.
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