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Data table for chart 10

Spousal homicide rate generally declining over the past 30 years
Year	Female victims	Male victims	Total
Year	rate per 100,000 spouses
1979	1.47	0.37	0.92
1980	0.98	0.28	0.63
1981	1.29	0.43	0.86
1982	1.17	0.35	0.76
1983	1.28	0.43	0.86
1984	0.96	0.29	0.63
1985	1.30	0.38	0.84
1986	1.02	0.28	0.66
1987	1.15	0.53	0.84
1988	1.01	0.30	0.66
1989	1.05	0.32	0.69
1990	1.00	0.37	0.69
1991	1.16	0.34	0.75
1992	1.16	0.24	0.71
1993	0.83	0.32	0.58
1994	0.85	0.26	0.56
1995	0.90	0.29	0.60
1996	0.79	0.25	0.52
1997	0.78	0.19	0.49
1998	0.70	0.16	0.44
1999	0.73	0.14	0.44
2000	0.64	0.21	0.43
2001	0.85	0.22	0.54
2002	0.80	0.19	0.50
2003	0.75	0.17	0.46
2004	0.73	0.14	0.44
2005	0.72	0.14	0.43
2006	0.63	0.26	0.45
2007	0.48	0.15	0.32
2008	0.43	0.19	0.32
2009	0.46	0.17	0.33
Note: Spouses include legally married, common-law, separated, and divorced persons age 15 years or older. Excludes same-sex spouses due to the unavailability of Census data on same-sex couples. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.