Description for chart 5
Firearm-related homicide, by type of firearm, Canada, 1972 to 2012

The title of the graph is "Chart 5 Firearm-related homicide, by type of firearm, Canada, 1972 to 2012."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 41 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 0.9 with ticks every 0.1 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per 100,000 population."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1972 to 2012.
The title of series 1 is "Rifle/shotgun."
The minimum value is 0.09 occurring in 2009 and 2011.
The maximum value is 0.79 occurring in 1974 and 1975.
The title of series 2 is "Handgun."
The minimum value is 0.15 occurring in 1986.
The maximum value is 0.48 occurring in 1991.
The title of series 3 is "Other firearm1."
The minimum value is 0.04 occurring in 1978 and 2002.
The maximum value is 0.16 occurring in 1977.

Chart 5 Firearm-related homicide, by type of firearm, Canada, 1972 to 2012, rate per 100,000 population
  Rifle/shotgun Handgun Other firearm1
1972 0.54 0.25 0.11
1973 0.60 0.26 0.11
1974 0.79 0.33 0.12
1975 0.79 0.38 0.09
1976 0.70 0.29 0.11
1977 0.68 0.26 0.16
1978 0.74 0.26 0.04
1979 0.56 0.22 0.07
1980 0.49 0.25 0.05
1981 0.50 0.24 0.07
1982 0.58 0.35 0.06
1983 0.50 0.31 0.07
1984 0.55 0.26 0.08
1985 0.51 0.28 0.07
1986 0.44 0.15 0.09
1987 0.41 0.22 0.14
1988 0.35 0.18 0.10
1989 0.48 0.20 0.12
1990 0.36 0.25 0.10
1991 0.37 0.48 0.12
1992 0.32 0.45 0.10
1993 0.26 0.32 0.10
1994 0.23 0.31 0.14
1995 0.22 0.32 0.06
1996 0.27 0.36 0.08
1997 0.26 0.33 0.06
1998 0.17 0.23 0.10
1999 0.19 0.29 0.06
2000 0.19 0.35 0.06
2001 0.15 0.35 0.05
2002 0.13 0.31 0.04
2003 0.10 0.35 0.06
2004 0.12 0.35 0.08
2005 0.18 0.40 0.11
2006 0.12 0.34 0.13
2007 0.10 0.38 0.09
2008 0.11 0.37 0.13
2009 0.09 0.34 0.11
2010 0.11 0.30 0.10
2011 0.09 0.27 0.10
2012 0.11 0.31 0.07
1.
Includes sawed-off rifles and/or shotguns, fully automatic firearms, firearm-like weapons, and unknown types of firearm.
Source:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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