Number Of Deaths (per Capita) > State Prisoners statistics - states compared

DEFINITION
Total number of all deaths for prisoners in state correctional facilities. NOTE: this statistic does not include District of Columbia. There were 9 prisoner deaths in 2001 for Washingotn DC. None of the deaths were suicide or homicide. Per capita figures expressed per 10,000 population.

Crime Statistics > State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Alabama:

0.377 per 10,000 people

# 2

Delaware:

0.368 per 10,000 people

# 3

Texas:

0.352 per 10,000 people

# 4

Louisiana:

0.332 per 10,000 people

# 5

Alaska:

0.331 per 10,000 people

# 6

Oklahoma:

0.324 per 10,000 people

# 7

South Carolina:

0.273 per 10,000 people

# 8

Arkansas:

0.263 per 10,000 people

# 9

Maryland:

0.252 per 10,000 people

# 10

Mississippi:

0.236 per 10,000 people

# 11

Arizona:

0.234 per 10,000 people

# 12

Michigan:

0.224 per 10,000 people

# 13

Georgia:

0.219 per 10,000 people

# 14

Nevada:

0.215 per 10,000 people

# 15

Missouri:

0.21 per 10,000 people

# 16

Florida:

0.205 per 10,000 people

# 17

Colorado:

0.201 per 10,000 people

= 18

Pennsylvania:

0.2 per 10,000 people

= 18

Ohio:

0.2 per 10,000 people

# 20

South Dakota:

0.193 per 10,000 people

# 21

Tennessee:

0.188 per 10,000 people

# 22

New York:

0.187 per 10,000 people

= 23

Kentucky:

0.185 per 10,000 people

= 23

Virginia:

0.185 per 10,000 people

# 25

Idaho:

0.182 per 10,000 people

# 26

Wisconsin:

0.179 per 10,000 people

# 27

California:

0.173 per 10,000 people

# 28

Connecticut:

0.171 per 10,000 people

= 29

Hawaii:

0.157 per 10,000 people

= 29

Kansas:

0.157 per 10,000 people

= 29

Wyoming:

0.157 per 10,000 people

= 29

Oregon:

0.157 per 10,000 people

# 33

Indiana:

0.155 per 10,000 people

# 34

New Jersey:

0.148 per 10,000 people

# 35

North Carolina:

0.147 per 10,000 people

# 36

West Virginia:

0.138 per 10,000 people

# 37

New Mexico:

0.135 per 10,000 people

# 38

Illinois:

0.124 per 10,000 people

# 39

Montana:

0.118 per 10,000 people

# 40

Rhode Island:

0.102 per 10,000 people

# 41

Maine:

0.098 per 10,000 people

# 42

Vermont:

0.096 per 10,000 people

# 43

Washington:

0.095 per 10,000 people

# 44

Nebraska:

0.085 per 10,000 people

# 45

New Hampshire:

0.084 per 10,000 people

# 46

Massachusetts:

0.077 per 10,000 people

# 47

Iowa:

0.067 per 10,000 people

# 48

North Dakota:

0.063 per 10,000 people

# 49

Utah:

0.057 per 10,000 people

# 50

Minnesota:

0.055 per 10,000 people

Weighted average:

0.2 per 10,000 people

DEFINITION: Total number of all deaths for prisoners in state correctional facilities. NOTE: this statistic does not include District of Columbia. There were 9 prisoner deaths in 2001 for Washingotn DC. None of the deaths were suicide or homicide. Per capita figures expressed per 10,000 population.

Crime Statistics > State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) (most recent) by state

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