Table 2.

Percentage of emergency admissions receiving ES according to patient characteristics

	Appendicitis	Cholelithiasis	Diverticular disease	Hernia	Intestinal obstruction
	(n = 268 253)	(n = 241 626)	(n = 139 090)	(n = 107 325)	(n = 137 744)
Age category
Under 25	99.0	26.4	14.5	50.2	32.5
25–29	94.5	27.4	13.0	51.9	27.3
30–34	94.0	26.3	11.5	53.7	27.8
35–39	93.8	25.6	10.9	53.6	29.4
40–44	93.1	25.0	10.9	55.6	30.9
45–49	92.0	24.8	9.9	57.2	31.4
50–54	91.3	24.1	9.6	58.4	30.2
55–59	89.9	23.0	9.7	58.5	31.1
60–64	88.4	20.7	11.4	59.4	31.2
65–69	86.7	19.9	13.1	61.4	31.7
70–74	85.3	18.2	13.5	60.6	31.8
75–79	80.5	15.8	12.9	60.0	30.9
80–84	75.5	12.4	11.3	59.2	30.5
85–89	67.3	9.8	8.1	57.8	26.3
90 and over	50.8	6.8	4.2	53.0	19.6
Sex
Female	91.7	22.6	10.3	65.5	32.6
Male	92.8	19.3	12.0	53.8	26.8
Co-morbidity index
None	93.1	23.3	11.4	59.1	31.6
1	89.9	19.7	10.9	58.0	29.9
2	78.1	14.9	9.2	52.6	24.8
3 or more	65.0	10.1	8.1	45.2	21.0
Frailty index
Fit	93.2	22.8	8.3	57.2	28.2
Mild frailty	89.4	20.5	12.2	59.1	30.6
Moderate frailty	81.3	17.3	16.2	58.5	32.2
Severe frailty	73.0	15.6	19.4	56.5	32.5