Table 2

 Values for 1990 and 2004 are shown for the following parameters for each decade of life: the number of patients who did not wait to be seen (DNW); the number of patients who did wait (obtained by subtracting columns 2 and 3 of this table from columns 2 and 3 of table 1); and the proportion of the patients who did wait and who were diagnosed and treated in less than one hour (D&T<1 h)

Age (years)DNWWaitedD&T<1 h
199020041990200419902004
0–1057190323648150.7680.679
11–2095289470459160.7400.635
21–30148283525449470.7420.599
31–4048301293949600.7300.574
41–5064198229935170.7200.541
51–6027122146330590.6510.488
61–701196112820670.6200.392
71–80156098823980.5030.285
81–9033855918630.4100.205
91–100012634670.3330.169
101–110002220.5000.182