Description for chart 8
Homicides, by sex of victim, Canada, 1981 to 2011

The title of the graph is "Chart 8 Homicides, by sex of victim, Canada, 1981 to 2011."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 31 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 4 with ticks every 0.5 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per 100,000 population."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1981 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is " Male victims."
The minimum value is 2.36 occurring in 2010.
The maximum value is 3.58 occurring in 1982.
The title of series 2 is " Female victims."
The minimum value is 0.87 occurring in 2008.
The maximum value is 1.96 occurring in 1981.

Chart 8
Homicides, by sex of victim, Canada, 1981 to 2011
Table summary
 This table displays the results of homicides. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), male victims and female victims, calculated using rate per 100,000 population units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Male victims Female victims
rate per 100,000 population
1981 3.25 1.96
1982 3.58 1.74
1983 3.49 1.90
1984 3.42 1.80
1985 3.51 1.94
1986 2.81 1.54
1987 3.18 1.70
1988 2.81 1.50
1989 3.03 1.79
1990 3.08 1.70
1991 3.48 1.91
1992 3.46 1.71
1993 2.95 1.44
1994 2.76 1.36
1995 2.71 1.32
1996 2.97 1.34
1997 2.57 1.36
1998 2.55 1.16
1999 2.42 1.13
2000 2.61 0.96
2001 2.55 1.03
2002 2.42 1.30
2003 2.49 0.99
2004 2.69 1.23
2005 3.02 1.11
2006 2.75 0.99
2007 2.64 0.98
2008 2.81 0.87
2009 2.69 0.94
2010 2.36 0.88
2011 2.47 1.01
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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