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Table 3.5
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicides, by age group of the victim and cause of death, Canada, 2003 to 2013

Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of family-related homicides. The information is grouped by Cause of death (appearing as row headers), Victim's age group, Total, Less than 1 year, 1 to 3 years, 4 to 6 years, 7 to 11 years and 12 to 17 years, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Cause of death	Victim's age group										Total
	Less than 1 year		1 to 3 years		4 to 6 years		7 to 11 years		12 to 17 years		Total
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Strangulation, suffocation or drowning	25	32	21	24	10	23	11	31	15	23	82	27
Beating	20	25	37	43	10	23	4	11	4	6	75	24
Stabbing	2	3	8	9	8	19	10	28	22	34	50	16
Shaken Baby Syndrome^Note 1	22	28	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	10
Shooting	0	0	6	7	3	7	4	11	15	23	28	9
Poisoning or lethal injection	1	1	2	2	7	16	2	6	3	5	15	5
Fire (smoke inhalation, burns)	0	0	4	5	2	5	3	8	1	2	10	3
Other^Note 2	9	11	1	1	3	7	2	6	4	6	19	6
Unknown	4	Note ...: not applicable	1	Note ...: not applicable	2	Note ...: not applicable	3	Note ...: not applicable	0	Note ...: not applicable	10	Note ...: not applicable
Total	83	100	88	100	45	100	39	100	64	100	319	100
... not applicable Note 1. 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' refers to homicides committed against a baby (under the age of three years) where the primary cause of death resulted from being shaken, tossed or thrown. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes causes of death not otherwise stated. Examples include exposure/hypothermia, deaths caused by motor vehicles, starvation, heat, etc. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Family-related homicides refers to homicides committed by parents, siblings, extended family members, and spouses. Excludes homicides where the age and/or sex of the victim was unknown. Percentages exclude homicides in which the cause of death was reported by police as unknown. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2015-11-30