Quick Stats from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

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Total Cases by Manner of Death, 1999-2006
	1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		Total
	Case	%	Case	%	Case	%	Case	%	Case	%	Case	%	Case	%	Case	%	Case	%
Natural	2048	39.5	2199	40.1	2135	39.0	2190	38.7	2181	37.5	2135	36.8	2205	37.3	2097	35.8	17190	38.0
Accident	1820	35.1	1969	35.9	2035	37.1	2145	37.9	2305	39.6	2312	39.9	2248	38.1	2353	40.2	17187	38.0
Suicide	810	15.6	775	14.1	809	14.8	818	14.4	804	13.8	840	14.5	875	14.8	884	15.1	6615	14.6
Homicide	448	8.6	462	8.4	428	7.8	427	7.5	459	7.9	429	7.4	498	8.4	427	7.3	3578	7.9
Undetermined	58	1.1	83	1.5	71	1.3	86	1.5	72	1.2	83	1.4	81	1.4	90	1.5	624	1.4
TOTAL	5184		5488		5478		5666		5821		5799		5907		5851		45194

Total Homicides by Age Group and Gender, 2003-2006
		YEAR
GENDER	AGE	2003	2004	2005	2006	TOTAL
Female	0	3	2	6	6	17
	1-4	2	8	6	4	20
	5-9	2	2	1	1	6
	10-14	2	0	2	0	4
	15-19	6	9	9	4	28
	20-24	15	11	14	16	56
	25-34	14	24	16	12	66
	35-44	24	28	25	17	94
	45-54	10	9	9	13	41
	55-64	7	7	9	9	32
	65-74	4	2	3	4	13
	75-84	2	6	5	3	16
	85-94	2	1	0	1	4
	95+	0	1	0	1	2
	Unknown	1	0	0	0	1
	Subtotal	94	110	105	91	400
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Male	0	6	2	3	8	19
	1-4	5	4	5	5	19
	5-9	7	1	2	1	11
	10-14	4	8	6	4	22
	15-19	48	33	45	38	164
	20-24	93	80	86	63	322
	25-34	85	85	108	86	364
	35-44	62	44	60	60	226
	45-54	32	33	48	40	153
	55-64	12	16	15	18	61
	65-74	7	6	10	8	31
	75-84	2	4	5	5	16
	85-94	0	3	0	0	3
	95+	0	0	0	0	0
	Unknown	2	0	0	0	2
	Subtotal	365	319	393	336	1413
TOTAL		459	429	498	427	1813

Total Suicides by Race & Ethnicity, 2003-2006
	YEAR
	2003	2004	2005	2006	TOTAL
White	681	707	747	758	2893
Black	93	90	95	91	369
Asian	10	22	17	19	68
Hispanic	12	14	20	15	61
Other	12	15	15	1	43
Unknown	7	4	1	0	12
Native American	1	1	0	0	2
Pacific Islander	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	816	854	895	884	2565

Total Suicides by Age Group and Gender, 2003-2006
		YEAR
GENDER	AGE	2003	2004	2005	2006	TOTAL
Female	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1-4	0	0	0	0	0
	5-9	0	0	0	0	0
	10-14	1	1	4	0	6
	15-19	2	7	12	6	27
	20-24	8	10	10	10	38
	25-34	30	27	26	29	112
	35-44	48	49	34	45	176
	45-54	37	46	43	61	187
	55-64	31	20	36	33	120
	65-74	13	5	9	14	41
	75-84	11	7	6	13	37
	85-94	2	2	2	2	8
	95+	1	0	0	0	1
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
	Subtotal	184	174	182	213	753
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Male	0	0	0	0	0	0
	1-4	0	0	0	0	0
	5-9	0	0	0	0	0
	10-14	7	4	8	3	22
	15-19	35	34	24	28	121
	20-24	50	51	50	68	219
	25-34	110	92	124	93	419
	35-44	117	136	123	121	497
	45-54	119	131	146	152	548
	55-64	60	87	99	92	338
	65-74	65	56	58	57	236
	75-84	39	53	44	40	176
	85-94	15	21	17	17	70
	95+	0	0	0	0	0
	Unknown	3	1	0	0	4
	Subtotal	620	666	693	671	2650
TOTAL		804	840	875	884	3403

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Last Updated: 12-11-2007

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