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Table 7.2
Age distribution of victims of selected violent crime, by type of offence, 20041

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Type of offence Female victims Male victims
Aged Aged
Under 12 12 to 17 18 and over Total Under 12 12 to 17 18 and over Total
%
Homicide 11 1 89 100 5 2 93 100
Attempted murder 4 4 93 100 1 7 93 100
Sexual assaults – all levels 18 34 47 100 49 27 23 100
Other sexual offences 42 40 17 100 66 25 9 100
Aggravated assault 5 11 84 100 2 11 87 100
Assault with a weapon causing bodily harm 4 14 83 100 4 16 80 100
Common assault 3 14 83 100 7 19 73 100
Other assaults 6 13 81 100 4 4 91 100
Kidnapping/abduction2 9 13 78 100 19 13 67 100
Robbery 1 11 88 100 2 25 74 100
Extortion 1 11 88 100 1 17 81 100
Criminal harassment 1 9 90 100 2 10 87 100
Other violent offences 39 11 50 100 49 8 43 100
Total 6 16 78 100 7 19 74 100
1. These data are from a non-random sample of 120 police agencies, representing 58% of the national volume of crime. Incidents where the age of the victim is unknown were excluded.
2. Includes kidnapping; abduction under 14, not parent/guardian; abduction under 16; removal of children from Canada; abduction under 14 contravening a custody order; abduction under 14, by parent/guardian
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.
Date Modified: 2009-10-02

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