Table 2

Profile of ambulance and walk in patients

Ambulance patients (%)Walk in patients (%)
By sex
Male (n=69 080)8380 (12.1)60 700 (87.9)
Female (n=41 504)5317 (12.8)36 187 (87.2)
By ethnic group
Chinese (n=72 904)9382 (12.9)63 522 (87.1)
Malay (n=13 149)1832 (13.9)11 317 (86.1)
Indian (n=14 933)1504 (10.1)13 429 (89.9)
Others (n=9598) 979 (10.2) 8 619 (89.8)
By age group
<12 years (n=22 305)1208 (5.4)21 097 (94.6)
13–19 years (n=8876) 989 (11.1) 7 887 (88.9)
20–59 years (n=57 736)6377 (11.0)51 359 (89.0)
>60 years (n=21 667)5123 (23.6)16 544 (76.0)