Description for chart 14
Homicide victims and accused persons, by consumption of an intoxicating substance, Canada, 2003 to 2013

The title of the graph is "Chart 14 Homicide victims and accused persons, by consumption of an intoxicating substance, Canada, 2003 to 2013."
This is a column clustered chart.
There are in total 5 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 80 with ticks every 10 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percent of victims or accused persons."
The horizontal axis is "Type of substance consumed."
The title of series 1 is " Victims."
The minimum value is 10.2 and it corresponds to "Drugs or other intoxicant1,2."
The maximum value is 59 and it corresponds to "Total, any consumption."
The title of series 2 is " Accused persons."
The minimum value is 9.7 and it corresponds to "Drugs or other intoxicant1,2."
The maximum value is 72.5 and it corresponds to "Total, any consumption."

Data table for chart 14 Homicide victims and accused persons, by consumption of an intoxicating substance, Canada, 2003 to 2013
  Victims Accused persons
Alcohol 32.2 40.9
Both alcohol and drugs1 16.6 21.9
Drugs or other intoxicant1,2 10.2 9.7
Total, any consumption 59.0 72.5
No consumption 41.0 27.5
1.
Drugs includes both legal and illegal substances.
2.
Includes persons who had consumed an intoxicating substance other than alcohol or a conventional legal or illegal drug, such as glue, gas, aerosol, or other solvents. Also includes victims and accused persons who had consumed an unknown type of intoxicant.
Notes:
Excludes victims and accused persons for whom information on consumption of intoxicants was unknown. For the period 2003 to 2013, this information was unknown for 34% of accused persons and 29% of victims.
Source:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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