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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

From: Child and adolescent psychiatric patients and later criminality

 

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

  1. Serious violent crimes are: Murder, manslaughter, attempted manslaughter, cause of another's death, arson, robbery and rape.
  2. Proportions has been compared using t-test (Fisher exact)
  3. Stockholm cohort: Patients that attended the Child Guidance Clinics 1953–55, followed up for 20 years
  4. 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
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