Table 2.8
Senior victims of family-related murder-suicide, by cause of death and accused-victim relationship, Canada, 2001 to 2011
Relationship of accused to victim | Cause of death | |||||||||||
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Shooting | Stabbing | Beating | Strangulation, suffocation or drowning | OtherNote 1 | Total | |||||||
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
SpouseNote 2 | 12 | 50 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 100 |
Grown childNote 3 | 7 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 100 |
Other familyNote 4 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 100 |
Total | 23 | 46 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 100 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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