Table 5.5
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and level of injury, Canada, 2015

Table 5.5
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and level of injury, Canada, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Level of injury (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Level of injury Female victims Male victims Total victims
number percent number percent number percent
No injuryTable 5.5 Note 1 1,121 60 711 56 1,832 59
Minor physical injuryTable 5.5 Note 2 687 37 525 41 1,212 39
Major physical injury or deathTable 5.5 Note 3 48 3 36 3 84 3
Unknown 96 Note ...: not applicable 56 Note ...: not applicable 152 Note ...: not applicable
Total 1,952 100 1,328 100 3,280 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes incidents that did not involve the use of weapons or physical force as well as those in which no visible injuries were noted by police.

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Note 2.

Refers to injuries that required no professional medical treatment or only some first aid (e.g., bandage, ice).

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Note 3.

Refers to injuries that required professional medical attention at the scene or transportation to a medical facility, or injuries that resulted in death.

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Note: Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law partners), parents (biological, adopted, step, foster), children (biological, adopted, step, foster), siblings (biological, adopted, step, half, foster), and extended family members. Senior victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Percentages have been calculated excluding unknown injuries. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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