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Statewide numbers

Published: Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 3:52 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 9:00 p.m.

STATEWIDE NUMBERS

Statewide county jail deaths for the past three years, as compiled by the state Department

of Justice:

2006: 134 deaths in county jails

2005: 155 deaths in county jails

2004: 116 deaths in county jails

COMPARING COUNTIES

Jail deaths in 2005 with counties similar in population to Sonoma:

Monterey County: 3 deaths (one accidental, two natural causes)

Solano County: 1 death (suicide)

Sonoma County: 2 deaths (natural causes)

Stanislaus County: 8 deaths (one accidental, five natural causes, two suicides)

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