Figure 4.7.1: Deaths from assault
Age standardized rates per 100,000 population, Middlesex-London, Ontario and Peer Group, 2005-2012
Source:
Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario). Snapshots: Mortality from injuries due to assault – age standardized rate (both sexes) 2005-2012 [Internet]. Toronto, ON: Queens’s Printer for Ontario; [updated 2017 Jun 30; cited 2018 Oct 31]. Available from: http://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/DataAndAnalytics/Snapshots/Pages/Injury-Mortality.aspx Deaths rates due to assualt were fairly low in 2012 (1.6 per 100,000). There was no significant difference over time.
Middlesex-London rates of death due to assault were slightly higher than the provincial and Peer Group rate but not significantly so.