| Cause of Death | 2008 Fatalities | 2007 Fatalities | 2006 Fatalities | 2005 Fatalities | 2004 Fatalities | 2003 Fatalities |
| Gunfire | 31 | 65 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 47 |
| Auto Accident | 33 | 47 | 35 | 32 | 34 | 40 |
| Vehicular Assault | 10 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 9 |
| Struck by Vehicle | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Vehicle Pursuit | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| Heart Attack | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 6 |
| Motorcycle Accident | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| Accidental Gunfire | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Aircraft Accident | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Drowned | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Accidental | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Bomb | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Weather/Natural Disater | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Animal Related | 1 | |||||
| Boating | 1 | |||||
| Exposure to toxins | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Heat Exhaustion | 1 | |||||
| Assault | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Duty Related Illness | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Electrocuted | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Explosion | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Fall | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Stabbed | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Train Accident | 1 | |||||
| struck by train | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Training | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 911 related illness | 1 | 7 | ||||
| total | 107 | 187 | 142 | 154 | 155 | 146 |
| *updated 10/26/08 | ||||||
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