Chart 2
More violent incidents resulting in injury in 2004
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This is a vertical bar graph that illustrates the levels of violent crimes resulting in injury are higher in 2004 than in 1999.
The Y axis is measured by the percentage of incidents and increases by increments of five from 0 to 35.
The X axis is divided into four sections each containing a set of 2 bars, for a total of eight bars. On the X axis from left to right, the four sections are total violent, sexual assault, robbery and physical assault. Each section has 2 bars, the first bar in each section representing the percentage of incidents in 1999, and the second bar in each section representing the percentage of incidents in 2004.
The percentage of total violent incidents that resulted in injury in 1999 is 18.
The percentage of total violent incidents that resulted in injury in 2004 is 25.The percentage of sexual assault incidents that resulted in injury in 1999 is 7.
The percentage of sexual assault incidents that resulted in injury in 2004 is 7.
The numbers for sexual assault are to be used with caution.
The percentage of robbery incidents that resulted in injury in 1999 is 22.
The percentage of robbery incidents that resulted in injury in 2004 is 30.
The percentage of physical assault incidents that resulted in injury in 1999 is 22.
The percentage of physical assault incidents that resulted in injury in 2004 is 31.
There is a note stating that this bar graph excludes incidents of spousal sexual and physical assault.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 1999 and 2004.
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