Between 2000 and 2019, 30.5 percent of local jail inmate deaths in the United States were suicides. This was the leading cause of death for local jail inmates over that time period. The second leading cause of death was heart disease, accounting for 23.7 percent of deaths.
Percent of local inmate deaths in jail by cause of death in the United States between 2000 and 2019
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 1, 2021). Percent of local inmate deaths in jail by cause of death in the United States between 2000 and 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/220652/percent-and-cause-of-local-inmate-deaths-in-jail-in-the-us-in-2009/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Percent of local inmate deaths in jail by cause of death in the United States between 2000 and 2019." Chart. December 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220652/percent-and-cause-of-local-inmate-deaths-in-jail-in-the-us-in-2009/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Percent of local inmate deaths in jail by cause of death in the United States between 2000 and 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220652/percent-and-cause-of-local-inmate-deaths-in-jail-in-the-us-in-2009/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Percent of Local Inmate Deaths in Jail by Cause of Death in The United States between 2000 and 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220652/percent-and-cause-of-local-inmate-deaths-in-jail-in-the-us-in-2009/
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Percent of local inmate deaths in jail by cause of death in the United States between 2000 and 2019 [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/220652/percent-and-cause-of-local-inmate-deaths-in-jail-in-the-us-in-2009/
