An RCMP report says aboriginal women have been much more prone to violent death than non-natives, but police have solved cases involving both groups at almost the same rate.

The RCMP call the report, released Friday at RCMP D Division headquarters in Winnipeg, their most comprehensive account to date of Canada’s missing and murdered aboriginal women, which shows aboriginals are over-represented in stats of missing and murdered women.

The Mounties said they worked with Statistics Canada and almost 300 policing agencies to produce the National Operational Overview on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, released Friday at RCMP D Division headquarters in Winnipeg.

Since 1980 the rate of women who are victims of homicide has trended down, except in the case of aboriginal women which has increased, the report states.

However, police forces across Canada have solved 88 per cent of aboriginal female homicides since 1980 and 89 per cent of cases involving non-natives.

Source: CBC