Table B
Senior victims (65 years and older) of family
violence, by sex and type of weapon, Canada 2008
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| Type of weapon | Total | Sex of victim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | |||||
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| No weapon | 96 | 5 | 56 | 4 | 40 | 5 |
| Physical force | 1,328 | 64 | 847 | 66 | 481 | 60 |
| Threat | 319 | 15 | 198 | 15 | 121 | 15 |
| Weapon | 348 | 17 | 182 | 14 | 166 | 21 |
| Club or blunt instrument | 77 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 35 | 4 |
| Knife or other piercing instrument | 116 | 6 | 66 | 5 | 50 | 6 |
| Firearm | 20 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Other weapon 1 | 135 | 6 | 64 | 5 | 71 | 9 |
| Unknown | 135 | 6 | 96 | 7 | 39 | 5 |
| Total | 2,226 | 100 | 1,379 | 100 | 847 | 100 |
Includes, for example, explosives, fire, motor
vehicle or poison.
Note(s):
Percentages may not add up due to rounding. Excludes incidents where
the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. In 2008, data from the
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey covered 98% of the population
of Canada.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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