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Chart 2.1
Police-reported spousal violence declined steadily, 1998 to 2007

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Police-reported spousal violence declined steadily, 1998 to 2007
Note(s):  Excludes incidents where the sex and or age of the victim was unknown. Includes victims aged 15 to 89. Weighted rates are calculated on the basis of total violent incidents reported to police. Data are not nationally representative. Based on data from 63 police services across Canada, representing 53% of the national volume of crime in 2007. Rate per 100,000 population for the geographic areas policed by the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey respondents, based on populations provided by Demography Division, Statistics Canada.
Source(s):  Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey Trend Database.