| Circumstance of Death | Year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Total | 5,793 | 5,824 | 5,985 | 6,080 | 6,190 | 6,457 | 7,150 | 7,593 | 8,024 | 8,091 |
| MVA | 1,400 | 1,345 | 1,449 | 1,377 | 1,464 | 1,425 | 1,521 | 1,519 | 1,644 | 1,581 |
| Suicide | 483 | 449 | 461 | 453 | 449 | 484 | 540 | 553 | 543 | 579 |
| Homicide | 317 | 319 | 326 | 363 | 363 | 368 | 401 | 461 | 501 | 503 |
| Child Abuse | 49 | 47 | 57 | 74 | 56 | 81 | 62 | 68 | 91 | 99 |
| Non-MVA | 570 | 553 | 458 | 527 | 507 | 473 | 605 | 655 | 705 | 716 |
| Other | 2,941 | 3,097 | 3,233 | 3,285 | 3,351 | 3,626 | 4,019 | 4,337 | 4,540 | 4,613 |
| Unknown | 33 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Total (%) | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| MVA | 24.2% | 23.1% | 24.2% | 22.6% | 23.7% | 22.1% | 21.3% | 20.0% | 20.5% | 19.5% |
| Suicide | 8.3% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 7.3% | 7.5% | 7.6% | 7.3% | 6.8% | 7.2% |
| Homicide | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 6.0% | 5.9% | 5.7% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 6.2% |
| Child Abuse | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Non-MVA | 9.8% | 9.5% | 7.7% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 7.3% | 8.5% | 8.6% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Other | 50.8% | 53.2% | 54.0% | 54.0% | 54.1% | 56.2% | 56.2% | 57.1% | 56.6% | 57.0% |
| Unknown | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | - | - | 0.0% | - | - | - |