Table 2.

Patient characteristics

Total (n=119 204)	Office hours* (n=50 417)	Evening shift (n=36 429)	Night shift (n=14 138)	Day shift (n=18 220)
Median age, years (IQR)	4.8 (1.8–9.9)	4.5 (1.8–9.5)	3.7 (1.4–8.2)	4.2 (1.7–8.8)
Gender, n (%)
Male	27 150 (53.9)	19 698 (54.1)	7566 (53.5)	9956 (54.6)
MTS, n (%)
High urgent	4963 (9.9)	4136 (10.7)	2302 (16.3)	1683 (9.2)
Urgent	13 300 (26.4)	10 796 (29.6)	3655 (25.9)	4866 (26.7)
Low urgent	31 478 (61.7)	21 276 (58.4)	7892 (55.8)	11 366 (62.4)
Missing	676 (1.3)	452 (1.2)	289 (2.0)	305 (1.7)
Vital signs, n (%)
Normal	18 734 (37.2)	12 903 (35.4)	4812 (34.0)	6553 (36.0)
1 Abnormal	22 545 (44.7)	15 947 (43.8)	6100 (43.1)	8119 (44.6)
2 or more abnormal	9139 (18.1)	7578 (20.8)	3227 (22.8)	3548 (19.5)

*Office hours=day shift week.

MTS, Manchester Triage System.