Table 5.6
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and level of injury, Canada, 2011

Table 5.6 Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and level of injury, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 5.6 senior victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by level of injury (appearing as row headers), female victims, male victims and total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Level of injury Female victims Male victims Total
number percent number percent number percent
No injuriesNote 1 1,004 61 671 62 1,675 62
Minor physical injuriesNote 2 584 36 395 36 979 36
Major physical injuries/deathNote 3 45 3 22 2 67 2
UnknownNote 4 91 Note ...: not applicable 44 Note ...: not applicable 135 Note ...: not applicable
Total 1,724 100 1,132 100 2,856 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes incidents that did not involve the use of weapons or physical force as well as those in which no visible injuries were noted by police.

Note 2.

Refers to injuries that required no professional medical treatment or only some first aid (e.g., bandage, ice).

Note 3.

Refers to injuries that required professional medical attention at the scene or transportation to a medical facility or injuries that result in death.

Note 4.

Unknown injuries have been excluded in the calculation of percentages.

Note: Senior victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law partners), children, siblings, and extended family. Percentages have been calculated excluding unknown injuries. Percentages may not add up due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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