Table 3.
Distribution of patients registered for CABG in British Columbia 1991–2000 by priority group and registration period
| Priority 1 | Priority 2 | Priority 3 | ||||
| Registration Period | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) |
| Women | ||||||
| 1991–1992 | 27 | (8.5) | 224 | (70.4) | 65 | (20.4) |
| 1993–1994 | 21 | (7.1) | 210 | (70.7) | 64 | (21.5) |
| 1995–1996 | 47 | (12.4) | 248 | (65.4) | 81 | (21.4) |
| 1997–1998 | 25 | (7.1) | 238 | (68.0) | 83 | (23.7) |
| 1999–2000 | 3 | (1.1) | 196 | (68.8) | 84 | (29.5) |
| All periods* | 123 | (7.6) | 1116 | (68.5) | 377 | (23.1) |
| Men | ||||||
| 1991–1992 | 88 | (6.3) | 990 | (71.0) | 267 | (19.2) |
| 1993–1994 | 89 | (5.7) | 1160 | (73.7) | 317 | (20.1) |
| 1995–1996 | 202 | (12.5) | 1105 | (68.3) | 291 | (18.0) |
| 1997–1998 | 91 | (6.0) | 1083 | (70.9) | 341 | (22.3) |
| 1999–2000 | 64 | (4.5) | 1001 | (70.3) | 351 | (24.6) |
| All periods** | 534 | (7.1) | 5339 | (70.8) | 1567 | (20.8) |
Abbreviation: CABG = outpatient isolated coronary artery bypass surgery
*Excludes 13 patients with unknown priority
**Excludes 98 patients with unknown priority