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Independent research by the North Denver News using the Centers for Disease Control all-cause death database reveals that Denver County, Colorado has the second highest rate of death via “legal intervention” in the nation.

That research culled every major urban county in the United States, using the CDC’s categorization of deaths where law enforcement was involved, during the years 1999 through 2012, the latest years the data are complete for.

Denver’s 48 deaths over the thirteen year period put it second only to Baltimore’s 59. The deaths would include those at the Denver jail as well as on the city’s streets. It comes as violent crime in Denver has been on the decrease.

Denver has spent millions in settling wrongful death and abuse lawsuits brought against both Denver Police and Denver Sheriff’s deputies.

Another intermountain West city, Albuquerque, New Mexico ranked high on the death rate list.

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Here’s the top localities for law enforcement related deaths.

County County Code Deaths Population Crude Rate unrounded rate Baltimore city, MD 24510 59 8802162 0.7 0.670289867 Denver County, CO 8031 48 8017698 0.6 0.59867558 Pinal County, AZ 4021 21 3809790 0.6 0.551211484 Fresno County, CA 6019 63 12244445 0.5 0.514519033 Bernalillo County, NM 35001 43 8630031 0.5 0.498260087 Riverside County, CA 6065 134 26959097 0.5 0.497049289 San Bernardino County, CA 6071 117 26806557 0.4 0.436460378 Lane County, OR 41039 20 4739570 0.4 0.421979209 Pierce County, WA 53053 41 10592859 0.4 0.387053203 Tulsa County, OK 40143 30 8134255 0.4 0.368810666 Baltimore County, MD 24005 40 11010716 0.4 0.36328246 Prince George’s County, MD 24033 41 11803817 0.3 0.34734527 Fulton County, GA 13121 41 12056262 0.3 0.340072238 Cuyahoga County, OH 39035 63 18591442 0.3 0.338865592 Multnomah County, OR 41051 33 9756202 0.3 0.338246379 Lucas County, OH 39095 21 6272502 0.3 0.334794632 Salt Lake County, UT 49035 45 13534657 0.3 0.332479796 Clark County, NV 32003 80 24102292 0.3 0.331918641 Kern County, CA 6029 35 10682755 0.3 0.327630841 District of Columbia, DC 11001 26 8162917 0.3 0.31851359 San Diego County, CA 6073 132 41575332 0.3 0.317495961 Ventura County, CA 6111 35 11129756 0.3 0.314472303 Oklahoma County, OK 40109 30 9680921 0.3 0.309887871 Stanislaus County, CA 6099 21 6894580 0.3 0.304587081 New Castle County, DE 10003 22 7324695 0.3 0.300353803 Orange County, FL 12095 43 14651450 0.3 0.29348631 Marion County, IN 18097 35 12345721 0.3 0.283499036 Philadelphia County, PA 42101 59 21125635 0.3 0.279281546 Wake County, NC 37183 30 10860600 0.3 0.276227833 Gwinnett County, GA 13135 27 10033566 0.3 0.26909675 Hillsborough County, FL 12057 42 15938046 0.3 0.263520384 Orange County, CA 6059 95 41231835 0.2 0.230404492 Hamilton County, OH 39061 26 11434233 0.2 0.227387355 Dallas County, TX 48113 70 32123300 0.2 0.217910364 Sacramento County, CA 6067 36 18894550 0.2 0.190531132 Milwaukee County, WI 55079 24 13163427 0.2 0.182323342 Wayne County, MI 26163 48 27102944 0.2 0.177102532 Los Angeles County, CA 6037 239 136266667 0.2 0.175391389 King County, WA 53033 40 25679268 0.2 0.15576768

Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death

1999-2012 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released 2014. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2012, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed at http://wonder.cdc.gov/ucd-icd10.html on Dec 6, 2014 6:43:56 PM

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