Mortality in Local Jails, 2000-2016 – Statistical Tables

"In 2016, a total of 1,071 inmates died in local jails, a 1.9% decrease from the 1,092 deaths reported in 2015. Tis was the frst decrease in deaths among local jail inmates since 2011. From 2015 to 2016, the mortality rate—the annual number of deaths per 100,000 jail inmates—declined 2.6%, from 153 to 149 deaths per 100,000 jail inmates (fgure 1), as the number of jail inmates increased 0.6%. Suicide remained the leading cause of death in local jails in 2016, accounting for nearly a third of jail deaths (31%). However, deaths due to suicide decreased 10% from 2015 to 2016, and the suicide rate declined from 52 to 46 deaths per 100,000 jail inmates.,,"
Jail mortality