Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and type of weapon present, Canada, 2014
Table 5.3Type of weapon | Female victims | Male victims | Total | |||
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number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Threats (no weapon) | 415 | 24 | 278 | 23 | 693 | 23 |
Physical force | 1,062 | 61 | 705 | 58 | 1,767 | 60 |
Weapon | ||||||
Club or blunt instrument | 42 | 2 | 50 | 4 | 92 | 3 |
Knife or other piercing instrument | 81 | 5 | 81 | 7 | 162 | 5 |
Firearm | 23 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 1 |
Other weaponNote 1 | 118 | 7 | 83 | 7 | 201 | 7 |
Unknown | 132 | Note ...: not applicable | 78 | Note ...: not applicable | 210 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total | 1,873 | 100 | 1,288 | 100 | 3,161 | 100 |
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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