2000 Annual Review
Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Types of Deaths Investigated and Certified
Homicide
Gender and Regional Distribution
| Region |
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
| Calgary |
11
|
3
|
14
|
| South Rural |
11
|
4
|
15
|
| Edmonton |
15
|
4
|
19
|
| North Rural |
13
|
0
|
13
|
| Total |
50
|
11
|
61
|
| Alberta homicide rate = 2.0 per 100,000 population | |||
Homicides by Cause of Death
| Cause of Death |
Calgary
|
South Rural
|
Edmonton
|
North Rural
|
Total
|
| Stabbing/cut |
4
|
5
|
8
|
6
|
23
|
| Firearms | 3 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
16 |
| Blunt trauma |
2
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
12
|
| Strangulation |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
| Child battery |
2
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
| Blunt trauma & stabbing |
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
| Motor vehicle - pedestrian | 0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Stabbing & strangulation |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
| Unknown |
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
| Total |
14
|
15
|
19
|
13
|
61
|
