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Number of state prisoner fatalities in the United States in 2014, by cause of death

The data displays the distribution of state prisoner fatalities, by cause of death, in the U.S. in 2014. Cancer killed 1,046 state prisoners in the United States in 2014.

Cancer	1046
Heart disease	890
Other illnesses	480
Liver disease	313
Suicide	249
Homicide	83
AIDS-related	64
Drug/alcohol intoxication	49
Accident	39
Missing	22
Other/unknown	10

Number of state prisoner fatalities in the United States in 2014, by cause of death

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