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Table 5.4
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim, type of weapon present and level of injury, Canada, 2016

Table 5.4
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim, type of weapon present and level of injury, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Type of weapon present and 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).
Type of weapon present and level of injury	Female victims		Male victims		Total victims
Type of weapon present and level of injury	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Threats (no weapon)^{Table 5.4 Note 1}	437	23	298	21	735	22
Physical force	1,150	61	805	57	1,955	59
Weapon	303	16	302	21	605	18
Firearm	19	1	21	1	40	1
Knife or other piercing instrument^{Table 5.4 Note 2}	105	6	102	7	207	6
Club or other blunt instrument	42	2	47	3	89	3
Other weapon^{Table 5.4 Note 3}	137	7	132	9	269	8
Unknown	146	Note ...: not applicable	70	Note ...: not applicable	216	Note ...: not applicable
Total type of weapon present	2,036	100	1,475	100	3,511	100
No injury^{Table 5.4 Note 4}	1,196	61	814	57	2,010	60
Minor physical injury^{Table 5.4 Note 5}	696	36	550	39	1,246	37
Major physical injury or death^{Table 5.4 Note 6}	54	3	56	4	110	3
Unknown	90	Note ...: not applicable	55	Note ...: not applicable	145	Note ...: not applicable
Total level of injury	2,036	100	1,475	100	3,511	100
... not applicable Note 1 Includes threats that are construed to imply that death or injury is possible. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes other piercing/cutting instruments, such as hatchets, razor blades and arrows. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes other types of weapons such as explosives, fire, motor vehicles, poison and weapons not otherwise classified. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 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. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Refers to injuries that required no professional medical treatment or only some first aid (e.g., bandage, ice). Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Refers to injuries that required professional medical attention at the scene or transportation to a medical facility, or injuries that resulted in death. Return to note 6 referrer Note: Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (e.g., grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws). 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 type of weapon and unknown level of injury. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-01-17