Persons with mental health-related disabilities: Experiences of violent victimization in Canada, 2018

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Infographic: Persons with mental health-related disabilities: Experiences of violent victimization in Canada, 2018
Description: Persons with mental health-related disabilities: Experiences of violent victimization in Canada, 2018

In 2017, the Canadian Survey on Disability found that over 2 million Canadians aged 15 and older had a mental health-related disability.Note 1 Using data from the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, this infographic compares the prevalence of violent victimization in Canada among persons with mental health-related disabilities, those with disabilities not related to mental health,Note 2 and those without disabilities.

Including violence committed by an intimate partner, persons with mental health-related disabilities were much more likely to experience physical or sexual assault at least once in their lifetime.


Prevalence of violent victimization by mental health-related disability status and reference period
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of violent victimization by mental health-related disability status and reference period Physically or sexually assaulted at least once since age 15 and Physically or sexually assaulted at least once in the 12 months preceding the survey (appearing as column headers).
Physically or sexually assaulted at least once since age 15 Physically or sexually assaulted at least once in the 12 months preceding the survey
Persons with mental health-related disabilities 69% 15%
Persons with disabilities not related to mental health 48% 6%
Persons without disabilities 36% 5%

Among those with mental health-related disabilities, women were more than twice as likely as men to experience sexual assault.


Prevalence of physical and sexual assault among persons with mental health-related disabilities by gender and reference period
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of physical and sexual assault among persons with mental health-related disabilities by gender and reference period Since age 15 and In the 12 months preceding the survey (appearing as column headers).
Since age 15 In the 12 months preceding the survey
Physical assault Sexual assault Physical assault Sexual assault
Women 56% 55% 8% 10%
Men 64% 22% 12% 4%

Among persons with mental health-related disabilities who experienced physical or sexual assault within the 12 months preceding the survey, 82% talked to someone other than the police about the incident.Note 3

Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

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