Description for chart 12
Youth (12 to 17 years) accused of homicide, by sex, Canada, 1983 to 2013

The title of the graph is "Chart 12 Youth (12 to 17 years) accused of homicide, by sex, Canada, 1983 to 2013."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 31 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 6 with ticks every 1 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per 100,000 youth population (12 to 17 years)."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1983 to 2013.
The title of series 1 is "Male youth accused."
The minimum value is 2.11 occurring in 2001.
The maximum value is 5.56 occurring in 2009.
The title of series 2 is "Total youth accused."
The minimum value is 1.28 occurring in 2001.
The maximum value is 3.24 occurring in 2006.
The title of series 3 is "Female youth accused."
The minimum value is 0.08 occurring in 2012.
The maximum value is 1.29 occurring in 1995.

Data table for chart 12 Youth (12 to 17 years) accused of homicide, by sex, Canada, 1983 to 2013
Year Male youth accused Total youth accused Female youth accused
1983 2.78 1.84 0.86
1984 2.17 1.63 1.06
1985 4.41 2.48 0.45
1986 2.75 1.90 1.00
1987 2.42 1.59 0.73
1988 4.08 2.22 0.27
1989 3.65 2.09 0.46
1990 3.11 2.13 1.09
1991 3.60 2.15 0.63
1992 4.48 2.52 0.45
1993 2.84 1.59 0.27
1994 4.38 2.50 0.52
1995 4.33 2.85 1.29
1996 4.03 2.19 0.26
1997 3.59 2.29 0.93
1998 4.35 2.36 0.25
1999 2.92 1.86 0.75
2000 2.99 1.74 0.42
2001 2.11 1.28 0.41
2002 2.54 1.66 0.73
2003 3.96 2.43 0.80
2004 2.95 1.70 0.40
2005 4.64 2.76 0.79
2006 5.43 3.24 0.94
2007 5.00 2.86 0.62
2008 3.84 2.12 0.32
2009 5.56 3.08 0.48
2010 4.01 2.25 0.41
2011 3.13 1.85 0.50
2012 2.70 1.43 0.08
2013 2.77 1.63 0.43
Source:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

 

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