2,778 deaths due to motor vehicle traffic collisions in 2001 - a rate of 8.9 deaths per 100,000 population.
2000-2001 24,403 hospital admissions for traffic-related injuries, 79 hospitalizations per 100,000 population.
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Violent crime, suicide and accidents in Canada
Violent crime in Canada increased significantly between 1983 and 1995 due largely to the passage of Bill 127 rather than to an actual increase in violent crime. [12] The number of assault 1 charges (an assault not involving a weapon or causing serious physical injury) increased 85% and the number of sexual assault 1 (an assault with only minor physical injuries or no injuries to the victim) charges increased by 250%. Other violent crimes either declined or remained stable. [13] Violent crime has decreased since 1993. [14]
The rate of homicide in Canada peaked in 1975 at 3.03 per 100,000 and has dropped since then, reaching lower peaks in 1985 (2.72 per 100,000) and 1991 (2.69 per 100,000) while declining to 1.73 per 100,000 in 2003. The average murder rate between 1970 and 1976 was 2.52, between 1977 and 1983 it was 2.67, between 1984 and 1990 it was 2.41, between 1991 and 1997 it was 2.23 and between 1998 to 2004 it was 1.82. [15] The number of homicides as a percentage of the number attempted homicides has increased. [16]
Spousal homicide rates have fallen significantly as well. For females in a relationship the rate of homicide fell from 1.65 per 100,000 in 1974 to 0.71 per 100,000 in 2004 while for males in a relationship the rate dropped from 0.44 per 100,000 in 1974 to 0.14 per 100,000 in 2004. [17] Spousal homicides committed with firearms dropped by 77% for women between 1974 and 2000 and by 80% for men during the same time period. [18]
While the homicide rate using firearms dropped by over half from 1977, homicide rate using other methods declined less sharply. The firearm homicide rate was 1.15 per 100,000 in 1977 and dropped to 0.50 in 2003 while the non-firearm rate went from 1.85 per 100,000 to 1.23 per 100,000 in the same time period.
Shootings generally account for around 30% of homicides in Canada, with stabbings generally equal or lower except in 1995, 1998, 2002, 2004 in which there were more stabbings than shootings.
The suicide rate in Canada peaked at 15.2 in 1978 and reached a low of 11.3 in 2004. [19] [20] [21]
The number firearm suicides in Canada dropped from a high of 1287 in 1978 to a low of 568 in 2004[22] while the number of non-firearm suicides increased from 2,046 in 1977 to 3,116 in 2003.
The total accidental death rate in Canada was 27.9 per 100,000 in 2000. Included in that total is the death rate from transportation - including motor vehicles, water craft and other land transports - which stood at 10.2 per 100,000. Also included are non-transport deaths, with a rate of 17.7 per 100,000. Of non-transport accidents, the 'unspecified accident' category stood at the highest with a rate of 7.7 per 100,000. After that, falls accounted for the next largest group with a rate of 5.1 per 100,000. Accidental poisonings were next with a rate of 3.1 per 100,000. Accidental firearm deaths stood at 0.1 per 100,000 in 2000. [23]
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There's quite a large difference between deaths and injuries between firearms and motor vehicles. Ban motor vehicles.
