Table 2.

Observed Number of Deaths and Standardized Mortality Ratios by Time After Release and Demographic Characteristics Among People Released From Jails, New York City, 2001–2005

Variable					Type of Death
		Drug-Related			Homicide			Suicide
	No. of Deaths	SMR	95% CI	No. of Deaths	SMR	95% CI	No. of Deaths	SMR	95% CI
Total	219	2.2	1.9, 2.5	219	1.7	1.5, 2.0	35	1.0	0.7, 1.4
Time after release, weeks
1–2	25	8.0	5.2, 11.8	21	5.1	3.2, 7.8	1	0.9	0.02, 5.1
3–4	12	4.2	2.1, 7.3	12	3.1	1.6, 5.5	3	2.9	0.6, 8.5
5–6	10	3.7	1.8, 6.8	7	1.9	0.8, 4.0	2	2.1	0.2, 7.4
7–8	5	2.0	0.6, 4.6	9	2.6	1.2, 5.0	1	1.1	0.03, 6.1
≥9	167	1.9	1.6, 2.2	170	1.5	1.3, 1.8	28	0.9	0.6, 1.3
Age, years
16–24	9	2.2	1.0, 4.2	92	1.6	1.3, 2.0	12	1.4	0.7, 2.4
25–34	31	2.3	1.5, 3.2	74	1.9	1.5, 2.3	9	0.9	0.4, 1.7
35–44	90	2.1	1.7, 2.6	36	1.6	1.2, 2.3	9	0.9	0.4, 1.7
45–54	76	2.1	1.7, 2.7	15	2.1	1.2, 3.4	2	0.3	0.04, 1.2
55–64	11	2.4	1.2, 4.3	2	2.0	0.2, 7.1	2	2.4	0.3, 8.6
65–89	2	9.5	1.2, 34.4	0			1	5.0	0.1, 27.9
Sex
Female	39	5.9	4.2, 8.1	6	2.1	0.8, 4.6	5	3.5	1.2, 8.3
Male	180	1.9	1.6, 2.2	213	1.7	1.5, 2.0	30	0.9	0.6, 1.2
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	63	5.2	4.0, 6.6	3	0.9	0.2, 2.7	13	2.6	1.4, 4.5
Non-Hispanic black	81	1.4	1.1, 1.8	166	1.7	1.4, 2.0	9	0.5	0.2, 0.9
Hispanic	72	2.4	1.9, 3.0	50	2.1	1.6, 2.8	13	1.3	0.7, 2.2
Asian	0			0			0
Other	3	1.6	0.3, 4.6	0			0
Neighborhood income
Low	117	1.7	1.4, 2.0	143	1.7	1.4, 2.0	19	1.0	0.6, 1.5
Middle	75	3.4	2.7, 4.3	65	1.8	1.4, 2.3	11	0.9	0.5, 1.7
High	27	3.3	2.2, 4.9	11	1.7	0.9, 3.1	5	1.1	0.4, 2.6

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; SMR, standardized mortality ratio.