However, the 553 total chances were the second lowest in his career during the 1996-2010 seasons.

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If you wander out into a gaggle of fellow humans in total darkness, chances are you're going to bump into one or two.

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Even if you aren't a total music freak, chances are you have a friend who is and whose taste you admire.

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So the two lines on one chart are not a good way of comparing the total numbers affected, just the chances for one person.

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If their chances of recidivism can be reduced by 30%, it would clearly affect the total crime numbers in many societies.

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