Table 4.4
Spousal homicides by cause of death and sex of victim,
Canada, 2000 to 2009
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| Cause of death | Sex of victim | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |||||
| number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
| Stabbing | 113 | 72.0 | 183 | 32.0 | 296 | 40.6 |
| Shooting | 18 | 11.5 | 149 | 26.0 | 167 | 22.9 |
| Beating | 8 | 5.1 | 91 | 15.9 | 99 | 13.6 |
| Strangulation, suffocation or drowning | 7 | 4.5 | 128 | 22.4 | 135 | 18.5 |
| Other 1 | 11 | 7.0 | 21 | 3.7 | 32 | 4.4 |
| Unknown | 0 | … | 9 | … | 9 | … |
| Total | 157 | 100.0 | 581 | 100.0 | 738 | 100.0 |
Includes other causes of death not otherwise
listed. Examples include poisoning, lethal injection, smoke inhalation and
burns.
Note(s):
Spousal relationships include legally married, common-law, separated,
divorced and same-sex partners. Excludes homicides where the sex of the victim
was unknown. Percentages exclude homicides in which the cause of death was
reported by police as unknown. Percentages may not add up to 100% due
to rounding.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide
Survey.
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