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Data table for chart 3

Increase in rates of dating violence for male and female victims, 2004 to 2008
Sex of victim 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
rate per 100,000 population 15 and over
Total victims 40 42 52 53 56
Female victims 67 70 87 87 93
Male victims 13 13 16 17 19
Note: Excludes incidents where the sex of the victim was unknown. Includes victims aged 15 to 89. Dating violence refers to violence committed by current and former boyfriends/girlfriends and other intimate partners. Incident-based trend data are reported by a subset of police services that have been consistently reporting to the UCR2 Survey since 1999.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Trend Database.