Table 3.

Demographics of level one care patients analysed with length of stay on the level 1 care ward

	Total (%)	Died (%)	Length of stay on unit, days (Median +/- IQR)
General surgery
Elective	969 (67.4%)	27 (2.8%)	2 (2–3)
Emergency	469 (32.6%)	46 (9.8%)	2 (1–3)
Male	756 (52.3%)	38 (5.0%)	2 (1–3)
Female	682 (47.7%)	35 (5.1%)	2 (1–3)
Total	1438 (56.3%)	73 (5.1%)	2 (1–3)
Urology
Elective	723 (89.4%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (2–4)
Emergency	86 (10.6%)	5 (5.8%)	2 (1–3)
Male	575 (71.1%)	8 (1.4%)	2 (1–3)
Female	234 (28.9%)	3 (1.3%)	3 (2–4)
Total	809 (31.7%)	11 (1.4%)	2 (2–4)
Gynaecology
Elective	232 (77.8%)	3 (1.3%)	2 (1–2)
Emergency	66 (22.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1–2)
Male	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
Female	298 (100%)	3 (100%)	2 (1–2)
Total	298 (11.7%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (1–2)
Other
Elective	1 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1
Emergency	6 (85.7%)	1 (16.6%)	1 (0.75-2)
Male	4 (57.1%)	1 (25.0%)	1.5 (1–2)
Female	3 (42.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0–1)
Total	7 (0.7%)	1 (14.3%)	1 (1–2)
All surgery
Elective	1926 (75.5%)	33 (1.7%)	2 (2–3)
Emergency	626 (24.5%)	55 (8.7%)	2 (1–3)
Male	1340 (52.5%)	47 (3.5%)	2 (1–3)
Female	1088 (42.6%)	41 (3.8%)	2 (1–3)
Total	2552 (100%)	88 (3.4%)	2 (1–3)