Description for chart 13

The title of the graph is "Chart 13 Solved female homicides, by accused-victim relationship and Aboriginal identity, Canada, 2014."
This is a bar clustered chart.
This is a horizontal bar graph, so categories are on the vertical axis and values on the horizontal axis.
There are in total 6 categories in the vertical axis. The horizontal axis starts at 0 and ends at 50 with ticks every 5 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The horizontal axis is "percent of solved homicides."
The vertical axis is "Accused-victim relationship."
The title of series 1 is "Non-Aboriginal female homicides."
The minimum value is 2.1 and it corresponds to "Criminal relationship1."
The maximum value is 45.4 and it corresponds to "Spousal5."
The title of series 2 is "Aboriginal female homicides."
The minimum value is 4.2 and it corresponds to "Criminal relationship1 and Stranger."
The maximum value is 37.5 and it corresponds to "Other family4."

Data table for chart 13
  Non-Aboriginal
female homicides		 Aboriginal
female homicides
Spousal5 45.4 33.3
Other family4 22.7 37.5
Intimate relationships3 10.3 12.5
Acquaintance2 14.4 8.3
Criminal relationship1 2.1 4.2
Stranger 5.2 4.2
1.
Includes, for example, sex workers, drug dealers and their clients, loan sharks, or gang members. Although prostitution is not illegal in Canada, certain acts related to sex work are prohibited, such as purchasing sexual services or communicating for the purpose of purchasing sexual services.
2.
Includes casual acquaintances, close friends, neighbours, business relationships (legal), and authority figures.
3.
Includes dating relationships (current and former) and other intimate relationships.
4.
Includes parents, children, and extended family, biological, adopted, step and fostering relationships.
5.
Includes current and former spouses, legal or common-law, same sex and opposite sex.
Note:
Collection of data on accused-victim relationship began in 1961, with modifications made to relationship categories in 1991, 1997, and 2005. Analysis of accused-victim relationship is based on solved homicides (i.e. homicides for which an accused person has been identified by police).
Source:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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