In 2019, 78.9 percent of state and federal prison inmate fatalities in the United States were caused by illness. In that year, cancer was the leading cause of death, accounting for 28.1 percent of deaths.
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Percentage of state and federal prisoner fatalities in the United States in 2019, by cause of death
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US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (December 1, 2021). Percentage of state and federal prisoner fatalities in the United States in 2019, by cause of death [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/220981/percentage-of-state-prisoner-fatalities-in-the-us-by-cause-of-death/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Percentage of state and federal prisoner fatalities in the United States in 2019, by cause of death." Chart. December 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220981/percentage-of-state-prisoner-fatalities-in-the-us-by-cause-of-death/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2021). Percentage of state and federal prisoner fatalities in the United States in 2019, by cause of death. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220981/percentage-of-state-prisoner-fatalities-in-the-us-by-cause-of-death/
US Bureau of Justice Statistics. "Percentage of State and Federal Prisoner Fatalities in The United States in 2019, by Cause of Death." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220981/percentage-of-state-prisoner-fatalities-in-the-us-by-cause-of-death/
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Percentage of state and federal prisoner fatalities in the United States in 2019, by cause of death [Graph], US Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/220981/percentage-of-state-prisoner-fatalities-in-the-us-by-cause-of-death/
