Table 1

 Total number of attendances within each decade of life and the proportion of those patients who arrived by ambulance for 1990 and 2004

Age (years)AttendancesArrived by ambulance
1990200419902004
0–10329350050.0530.076
11–20479962050.0970.117
21–30540252300.1100.141
31–40298752610.1270.149
41–50236337150.1370.181
51–60149031810.1970.206
61–70113921630.3200.323
71–80100324580.4780.513
81–9056219010.6830.682
91–100634790.8410.825
101–1102220.5000.955