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Chart Question: Why are children aged 12-17 far more likely to be victims of sexual assault than all the other adult age groups? Link and brief summary This Health Canada report explains that Children are more likely to be victims of sexual abuse than adults because they are most vulnerable. 75% of offenders are adults, and even more often the offenders know their victim on a personal level. The report explains that being young and dependant on an adult is a major point of risk. Child victims also tend to be less likely to report their abuser right away or ever because the adult abuser is capable of easily manipulatting a child. Children that are sexually abused tend to grow up with more mental and physical problems than those who have not been, and 40 % of adult sexual abusers have admitted to being sexually assaulted as a child. This ties in to my big question,"Why are children aged 12-17 far more likely to be victims of sexual assault than all other ...

Lead : The age group the most likely to be a victim of sexual assault in Canada in 2022 is 12-17 years old at a rate of 417.89, which is almost double the the second highest group of 18-24 years old, according to Statistics Canada . Excel Workbook link and eexplination : https://kpuemp-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/erika_paskie_student_kpu_ca/EYI2Y_YWTLxJjlw1pgY5WboBftZdfqVHAaZp8QeIlkhOkg?e=4FX57g The most noteworthy finding in my data is that the most likely age group to fall victim of sexual assault in 2022 is 12-17 years old. The 12-17 years old age group is victim to sexual assault at a rate of 417.89, while the group below, 18-24 years old falls victim to sexual assault at a rate of 221.1. This shows that youth are almost twice as likely to fall victim of sexual assault than young adults are. Each age group shows a sharp decline with the least likely age group being 65 years and older. This age group sits at a rate of 9.82, meaning that ages 12-17 are over 46 times more...