TABLE 1.

Referral wait time (days) by year and characteristics of patients

		Year
	Measures	2009	2010	2011	Total
All referrals	N	10,919	12,742	9,620	33,281
	Mean	96	88	73	86
	Median	63	63	56	61
	p90	209	185	154	181
	% ≤3 months	66%	66%	71%	67%
Characteristics of patients
Age groups
0–18 years old	n	719	920	645	2,284
	Mean	93	95	74	89
	Median	65	71	55	63
	p90	181	202	168	187
	% ≤3 months	65%	60%	71%	64%
19–64 years old	n	7,834	9,097	6,864	23,795
	Mean	99	88	75	88
	Median	67	64	57	63
	p90	217	185	158	183
	% ≤3 months	65%	66%	70%	67%
65+ years old	n	2,366	2,725	2,111	7,202
	Mean	87	84	67	80
	Median	55	57	51	55
	p90	189	181	143	168
	% ≤3 months	71%	69%	75%	71%
Sex
Male	n	2,783	4,840	3,791	11,414
	Mean	94	88	72	84
	Median	63	63	55	60
	p90	202	187	153	174
	% ≤3 months	67%	64%	71%	67%
Female	n	4,953	7,498	5,444	17,895
	Mean	103	87	74	87
	Median	69	63	57	62
	p90	227	185	156	184
	% ≤3 months	63%	67%	71%	67%
Unknown sex	n	3,183	404	385	3,972
	Mean	88	86	69	86
	Median	57	65	51	57
	p90	185	169	144	180
	% ≤3 months	69%	69%	74%	70%