Table 2.

Number of individuals and number of convictions for violent crimes, 1973–2004, among all individuals born in Sweden 1958–1980

Individuals				Convictions
Number of violent convictionsa	Number individuals/number of conviction	Cumulative number of individualsb	Cumulative percent of the total populationc(%)	Cumulative number of violent convictionsd	Percent of all violent convictions (%)	Preventive potential of all convictionse
1	52,385	93,642	3.91	2,34,383	100	181,998	78 %
2	16,915	41,257	1.72	1,81,998		148,168	63 %
3	7,907	24,342	1.02	1,48,168	63	124,447	53 %
4	4,739	16,435	0.69	1,24,447		105,491	45 %
5	2,923	11,696	0.49	1,05,491		90,876	39 %
6	2,018	8,773	0.37	90,876		78,768	34 %
7	1,355	6,755	0.28	78,768		69,283	30 %
8	1,085	5,400	0.23	69,283		60,603	26 %
9	828	4,315	0.18	60,603		53,151	23 %
10	675	3,487	0.15	53,151		46,401	20 %
11	492	2,812	0.12	46,401	20	40,989	17 %
12	396	2,320	0.10	40,989		36,237	15 %
13	312	1,924	0.08	36,237		32,181	14 %
14	275	1,612	0.07	32,181		28,331	12 %
15	207	1,337	0.06	28,331		25,226	11 %
16	196	1,130	0.05	25,226		22,090	9 %
17	135	934	0.04	22,090		19,795	8 %
18	132	799	0.03	19,795		17,419	7 %
19	82	667	0.03	17,419		15,861	7 %
20	77	585	0.02	15,861		14,321	6 %
21	60	508	0.02	14,321		13,061	6 %
22	61	448	0.02	13,061		11,719	5 %
23	50	387	0.02	11,719		10,569	5 %
24	46	337	0.01	10,569		9,465	4 %
25–80	291	291	0.01	9,465	4	N/A	N/A

Relevant and important values are indicated in bold

^aNumber of convictions per individual for the whole follow-up period from 1973 to 2004 (level of persistence)

^bAccumulated number of individuals with the number of convictions or higher, provided in the first column

^cPercent of population with the number of convictions or higher, provided in the first column

^dAccumulated number of violent convictions accounted for by violent offenders with the number of convictions or higher, per individual, provided in the first column

^eNumber and percentage of violent convictions 1973–2004 that could have been avoided if offenders, with the number of convictions or higher per individual, provided in the first column, had been prevented from recidivating