Description for chart 5.6
Senior victims of family-related homicide, by sex of victim, Canada, 1981 to 2011

The title of the graph is "Chart 5.6 Senior victims of family-related homicide, by sex of victim, Canada, 1981 to 2011."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 31 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 11 with ticks every 1 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per million population."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1981 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is "Male victims."
The minimum value is 0.7 occurring in 1992 and 1993.
The maximum value is 9.3 occurring in 1987.
The title of series 2 is "Female victims."
The minimum value is 2 occurring in 1993.
The maximum value is 10.3 occurring in 1987.

Chart 5.6 Senior victims of family-related homicide, by sex of victim, Canada, 1981 to 2011, rate per million population
  Male victims Female victims
1981 8.8 5.9
1982 5.8 4.3
1983 4.7 6.9
1984 6.5 6.1
1985 6.3 7.2
1986 5.2 3.1
1987 9.3 10.3
1988 4.1 4.1
1989 4.0 4.5
1990 6.1 7.7
1991 3.7 4.8
1992 0.7 2.6
1993 0.7 2.0
1994 4.8 2.5
1995 2.7 2.5
1996 4.6 4.8
1997 5.2 4.3
1998 5.0 3.3
1999 4.3 4.1
2000 1.8 3.2
2001 4.2 5.4
2002 4.1 7.5
2003 2.8 3.0
2004 2.8 6.0
2005 4.4 6.3
2006 2.7 4.1
2007 3.1 4.8
2008 3.0 2.4
2009 1.0 2.3
2010 1.9 4.1
2011 1.8 4.3
Note(s):
Senior victims refer to those aged 65 years and over. Excludes unsolved homicides, homicides where the victim-accused relationship and sex of the victim was unknown. Rates are calculated on the basis of 1,000,000 population of seniors aged 65 and over. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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