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Family Violence Investigations Where Injuries Were ReportedIn New Zealand during 2011, injuries were reported in 16.3% of Police family violenceinvestigations. The most common injuries reported were minor bruising (9.5%), cuts (3.4%)and serious bruising (1.2%). In 893 cases (1.0%) a hospital attendance was required, andin 20 cases (0.02%) the incident resulted in a death (Table 87, Figure 128).Figure 128. Police Family Violence Investigations where Injuries were Reported by InjuryType, 2011 New n=86,704 Zealand 2011 (n=86,704)NotApplicable/None/Null 83.75%Injury16.25%Minor Bruising9.53%Cuts 3.40%Serious Bruising1.18%MedicalAssistance 1.08%Hospital 1.03%Death 0.02%Source: NZ PoliceFamily Violence Investigations Where an Offence OccurredPolice family violence investigations during 2011 resulted in 39,935 offences beingdisclosed. While not all family violence investigations identified an offence and someinvestigations identified more than one offence, the nature of the offences disclosed givessome indication as to the types of incidents occurring. In this context, a very highproportion of the offences related to assaults, with property damage, breach of violenceorders, and threatening behaviour also making a significant contribution (Table 88).Table 88. Police Family Violence Investigations where an Offence Occurred by OffenceGroup, New Zealand 2009–2011Offence Type2009 2010 2011Number % Number % Number %Assault Not Further Defined 12,012 30.5% 11,785 28.0% 11,307 28.3%Common Assault 9,594 24.3% 10,824 25.7% 10,217 25.6%Property Damage, NEC 4,071 10.3% 4,383 10.4% 4,308 10.8%Breach of Violence Order 3,715 9.4% 3,983 9.5% 3,808 9.5%Threatening Behaviour 3,842 9.7% 3,854 9.2% 3,590 9.0%Trespass 1,771 4.5% 2,092 5.0% 1,849 4.6%Disorderly Conduct, NEC 1,612 4.1% 1,941 4.6% 1,795 4.5%Aggravated Sexual Assault 543 1.4% 593 1.4% 592 1.5%Misuse Weapons/Explosives 440 1.1% 474 1.1% 404 1.0%Harassment and Private Nuisance 355 0.9% 399 0.9% 352 0.9%Other Offences 1,464 3.7% 1,716 4.1% 1,713 4.3%Total 39,419 100.0% 42,044 100.0% 39,935 100.0%Source: NZ PoliceFamily Violence - 342