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Table 2 Demographic Characteristics of the Deceased

From: The validity of open-source data when assessing jail suicides

 

BJS

JCID

Total

4508

170

Sex

Male

4122

91%

155

91%

Female

385

9%

15

9%

Age

≤ 17

48

1%

3

2%

18–24

827

18%

31

18%

25–34

1399

31%

46

27%

35–44

1291

29%

49

29%

45–54

699

16%

26

15%

55 ≥

237

5%

3

2%

Missing

7

0%

12

7%

Legal Status

Convicted / sentenced

715

17%

16

9%

Unconvicted / detained

3400

82%

151

89%

Missing

19

0%

3

2%