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Police-reported violent crime among dating partners, by age group and year, Canada, 2009 to 2022

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rate per 100,000 population 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 Dating violence among those aged 15 to 17Dating violence among those aged 15 to 17 Dating violence among those aged 18 to 24Dating violence among those aged 18 to 24 Dating violence among those aged 25 and olderDating violence among those aged 25 and older
Note(s):
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Excludes victims where age was coded as unknown and those where age was greater than 110 are excluded from analyses owing to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey Trend Database, which, as of 2009, includes data for 99% of the population in Canada. As a result, numbers may not match those presented elsewhere in the report.
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302), Trend Database.

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Police-reported violent crime among dating partners, by age group and year, Canada, 2009 to 2022, rate per 100,000 population
  Dating violence among those aged 15 to 17 Dating violence among those aged 18 to 24 Dating violence among those aged 25 and older
2009 254 374 89
2010 253 392 94
2011 244 365 86
2012 229 339 86
2013 224 319 83
2014 199 300 82
2015 208 317 86
2016 223 322 88
2017 225 329 92
2018 241 326 97
2019 264 339 109
2020 228 345 121
2021 270 350 127
2022 276 335 124
Note(s): 
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Excludes victims where age was coded as unknown and those where age was greater than 110 are excluded from analyses owing to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey Trend Database, which, as of 2009, includes data for 99% of the population in Canada. As a result, numbers may not match those presented elsewhere in the report.
Source(s): 
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302), Trend Database.
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