Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Cohort, Stratified by Urgency Category

N

28,680

31,545

14,029

age

mean +/- sd

63.9 +/- 12.8

64.3 +/- 11.4

61.0 +/- 10.8

age group

20-39

777 (2.7%)

519 (1.7%)

309 (2.2%)

40-64

13,694 (47.8%)

14,997 (47.5%)

8,287 (59.1%)

65-74

7,300 (25.5%)

9,557 (30.3%)

3,813 (27.2%)

75+

6,909 (24.1%)

6,472 (20.5%)

1,620 (11.6%)

gender

male

19,250 (67.1%)

20,924 (66.3%)

9,126 (65.1%)

female

9,430 (32.9%)

10,621 (33.7%)

4,903 (35.0%)

income quintile*

1

5,723 (20.0%)

6,146 (19.5%)

2,418 (17.2%)

2

6,053 (21.1%)

6,549 (20.8%)

2,755 (19.6%)

3

5,893 (20.6%)

6,394 (20.3%)

2,889 (20.6%)

4

5,685 (19.8%)

6,447 (20.4%)

3,071 (21.9%)

5

5,326 (18.6%)

6,009 (19.1%)

2,896 (20.6%)

wait time

mean +/- sd

2.4 +/- 10.4

13.1 +/- 25.5

17.3 +/- 21.7