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Table 5.4
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and level of injury, Canada, 2014 Table 5.4
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and level of injury, Canada, 2014

Table 5.4
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and level of injury, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of 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
Level of injury	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
No injuries^Note 1	1,094	60	736	59	1,830	60
Minor physical injuries^Note 2	666	37	474	38	1,140	37
Major physical injuries/death^Note 3	49	3	30	2	79	3
Unknown^Note 4	64	Note ...: not applicable	48	Note ...: not applicable	112	Note ...: not applicable
Total	1,873	100	1,288	100	3,161	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. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Refers to injuries that required no professional medical treatment or only some first aid (e.g., bandage, ice). Return to note 2 referrer 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. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Unknown injuries have been excluded in the calculation of percentages. Return to note 4 referrer 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), parents (biological, adopted, step, foster), children (biological, adopted, step, foster), siblings (biological, adopted, step, half, foster), 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.

Date modified:: 2016-01-21