Description of chart 5 Female homicide rate by relationship of the accused to the victim, 1991 to 2009

Chart 5 Female homicide rate by relationship of the accused to the victim, 1991 to 2009
Female population	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Female population	rate per million
Other intimate relationship¹	2.26	1.96	1.38	0.89	0.95	1.27	1.06	0.66	1.11	1.36	0.45	0.63	0.50	0.93	0.86	0.73	0.54	1.13	1.06
Other family	2.69	2.17	2.35	2.66	2.09	3.07	3.38	2.95	2.21	1.48	2.43	2.91	1.69	2.42	2.40	2.25	1.93	1.61	1.88
Acquaintance	3.75	3.84	3.11	2.87	2.84	2.87	2.32	2.30	2.08	2.07	1.66	2.72	2.07	3.04	1.41	1.28	2.11	1.25	1.00
Stranger	1.34	1.26	0.69	0.89	0.81	0.74	0.93	0.79	0.91	0.52	0.45	1.01	0.25	0.62	0.43	0.55	0.60	0.60	0.82
Unknown	0.42	0.49	0.14	0.20	0.07	0.00	0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.00	0.18	0.00	0.06	0.06	0.00
1. Other Intimate relationships include dating relationships as well as "other intimate relationships". Note: Incidents in which the accused-victim relationship is unknown are not included. Sources: Statistics Canada, Homicide Survey, 1991 to 2009.