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. 2007 Aug 29;7:221. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-221

Table 7.

A comparison between 2164 CAP patients from Stockholm in the 1950s and 608 patients from CAP in Jämtland using an observation time of 20 years

Stockholm Jämtland
Number Percent Number Percent P-value
Primary material 2364 1420
Emigrated 100 4.2 12 0.8 < 0.001
Deceased during follow up 50 2.1 38 2.7 0.281
Unusable data 50 2.1 8 0.6 < 0.001
Inpatient care at CAP 0 0 270 19 < 0.001
Less than 20 year follow up 0 0 484 34.1 < 0.001

20 year observation time 2164 91.5 608 42.8 0.004
Males 1417 65.5 325 53.5 < 0.001
Females 747 34.5 283 46.5 < 0.001
Age at end of follow up period
20–31.5 years 1415 65.4 236 38.8 < 0.001
31.6 years or above 749 34.6 372 61.2 < 0.001
Registered for offences 344 15.9 228 37.5 < 0.001
Males 319 22.5 174 53.5 < 0.001
Females 25 3.3 54 19.1 < 0.001
Males/Females 12.8:1 3.2:1 < 0.001
Mean age at registration
Males 20.6 19.8 < 0.001
Females 23.0 21.3 0.009
Number of convictions 988 863
Males 947 681
Females 41 182
Males/Females 23.1:1 3.7:1 < 0.001
Convictions per person 2.9 3.8 0.401
Males 3.0 3.9 0.297
Females 1.6 3.4 0.986
Serious violent crimes 15 1.5 11 1.3 0.655

Serious violent crimes are: Murder, manslaughter, attempted manslaughter, cause of another's death, arson, robbery and rape.

Proportions has been compared using t-test (Fisher exact)

Stockholm cohort: Patients that attended the Child Guidance Clinics 1953–55, followed up for 20 years

Jämtland cohort: Patients born 1957 to 1976 whose treatment occurred between 1975 and 1990, followed to 2003, those with less than 20 year follow up excluded