Table 4 Demographic profile of reports submitted using the one‐page form, call centre and online‐reporting options.

	Reports generated using one‐page form, n = 1005 (%)	Reports generated using call centre, n = 264 (%)	Reports generated electronically, n = 6	Number of incidents lodged	p Value*
Type of unit				1275	<0.001
Medical	70.3	29.7	N/A	612
Surgical	78.2	21.8	N/A	165
ICU	86.9	9.1	3.9%	153
ED	97.2	2.8	N/A	181
Anonymous	83.5	16.5	N/A	164
Total	78.8	20.7	0.5%
Regional/metro location				1275
Regional	95.9	4.1	N/A	518
Major city	67.1	32.1	0.8%	757	<0.001
Profession				1017†
Doctor	82.5	17.5		57
Nurse	74.8	24.6		960	0.933

ED, emergency department; ICU, intensive care unit; N/A, not applicable.

*Analysis undertaken using Fisher's exact test.

†132 allied health and 123 anonymous reports not included in analysis.