Table 2
Homicide victims and accused persons, by sex, Canada, 2002 to 2012

Table 2
Homicide victims and accused persons, by sex, Canada, 2002 to 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of homicide victims and accused persons. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), victims, accused persons, males, females and total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year	Victims					Accused persons
	Males		Females		Total^Note 1	Males		Females		Total^Note 2
	number	percent^Note 3	number	percent^Note 3	number	number	percent^Note 3	number	percent^Note 3	number
2002	376	64.6	206	35.4	582	484	89.1	59	10.9	544
2003	391	71.2	158	28.8	549	490	88.8	62	11.2	552
2004	425	68.1	199	31.9	624	535	89.6	62	10.4	597
2005	483	72.9	180	27.1	663	599	90.5	63	9.5	662
2006	444	73.3	162	26.7	606	504	87.2	74	12.8	578
2007	431	72.6	163	27.4	594	492	89.8	56	10.2	549
2008^{Note r: revised}	465	76.1	146	23.9	611	471	90.2	51	9.8	522
2009	450	73.8	160	26.2	610	497	89.2	60	10.8	557
2010	400	72.5	152	27.5	554	482	88.6	62	11.4	544
2011^{Note r: revised}	422	70.6	176	29.4	598	496	89.9	56	10.1	552
2012	388	71.5	155	28.5	543	432	89.4	51	10.6	483
^r revised Note 1. Totals may include a small number of victims whose sex was reported by police as unknown. Note 2. Totals may include a small number of accused persons whose sex was reported by police as unknown. Note 3. Homicides where the sex was unknown were excluded from the calculation of percentages. Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Estimates prior to 2012 may differ from previously published figures due to ongoing updates to the data files as new information becomes available. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

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