Table 1:

Circumstance of Death by Year in Fatal Encounters.

Police-Related Deaths (PRD)	‘00	‘01	‘02	‘03	‘04	‘05	‘06	‘07	‘08	‘09	‘10	‘11	‘12	‘13	‘14	‘15	‘16	‘17	Total
Intentional Use of Force (IUF)
Asphyxiated/Restrained	19	16	22	9	10	12	19	8	5	9	13	7	12	12	3	8	16	15	215
Beaten/Bludgeoned	13	10	9	8	14	7	7	9	8	6	7	10	9	10	8	17	6	1	159
Burned/Smoke Inhalation		5	1		3	2		2				5	2	1	0	1	1	2	25
Chemical agent/Pepper spray	2			2	4	4	6	2	1	1	2		1		4	1		1	31
Gunshot	484	566	574	632	653	683	723	712	705	779	776	924	994	1058	1022	1057	1052	1090	14484
Stabbed	7	1		1	1	1	2		1	2	2	2		1	1			1	23
Tasered			11	14	41	74	79	69	67	54	66	60	51	43	39	60	40	35	803
Vehicular Pursuit (V)	193	204	234	240	182	216	252	257	248	251	228	206	245	465	495	272	206	358	4752
Foot Pursuit (FP)
Fell from a height	4	1	4	2		4	4	3	4	1	2	2	6	2	4	1	3	1	48
Drowned	7	4	10	8	6	9	7	6	11	2	12	10	3	4	10	8	3	3	123
Medical Emergency (ME)
Medical emergency	10	9	8	19	17	26	16	33	24	7	23	27	19	39	19	30	14	4	344
Drug overdose	4	4	4	5	7	10	19	13	5	10	5	15	10	12	15	18	5		161
Suicide (S)	70	97	101	89	96	101	119	131	125	126	147	130	133	132	84	113	229	238	2261
Other/Unknown
Other	1	1	2	22		1	3	2	1	1	0	2	2	2		2	4	1	47
Undetermined	3	4	6	6	7	3	7	8	6	6	5	14	2	4	8	8	4	1	102
Total	817	922	986	1057	1041	1153	1263	1255	1211	1255	1288	1414	1489	1785	1712	1596	1583	1751	23578