Table 4.

Standardized Mortality Ratios for Leading Causes of Low Mortality During Incarceration, Georgia, 1991–2006

Cause of Death	No. of Deaths		Standardized Mortality Ratio	95% Confidence Interval	% Unexpected Mortalitya
	Observed	Expected
Accidental poisoning	1	6	0.16	0.00, 0.89	–7
Homicide	20	31	0.65	0.40, 1.00	–16
Suicide	11	17	0.65	0.33, 1.17	–9
Transportation injuries	0	29	N/A	N/A	–42
Total	32	83	0.39	0.27, 0.54	–74

Abbreviation: N/A, not applicable.

^aThere were 69 fewer deaths than expected. The percentage of unexpected mortality was calculated as ([observed − expected]/69) × 100.