Table 2 Patient Delay: Total number of cases, number (%) of dropped (drop.) cases, final sample size, statistics for the delay in days - 25% and 75% percentiles, mean, median and standard deviation (Mainland Portugal (PT), by region, by gender and by age category)
cases | drop. | % drop. | n | p25 | p75 | mean | median | sd | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mainland PT | 15,084 | 4,659 | 30.9 | 10,425 | 18.0 | 69.0 | 52.9 | 36.0 | 52.9 |
Region | |||||||||
Alentejo | 537 | 159 | 29.61 | 378 | 15.3 | 65.8 | 50.5 | 31.0 | 54.8 |
Algarve | 776 | 339 | 43.7 | 437 | 17.0 | 60.0 | 47.1 | 29.0 | 51.3 |
Center | 1,400 | 534 | 38.1 | 866 | 14.0 | 58.8 | 46.1 | 29.0 | 50.9 |
LTV | 5,918 | 1,748 | 29.5 | 4,170 | 21.0 | 76.0 | 57.0 | 40.0 | 53.3 |
North | 6,453 | 1,879 | 29.1 | 4,574 | 17.0 | 65.0 | 51.2 | 35.0 | 52.6 |
Gender | |||||||||
Male | 10,574 | 3,241 | 30.7 | 7,333 | 18.0 | 70.0 | 53.1 | 36.0 | 52.5 |
Female | 4,510 | 1,418 | 31.4 | 3,092 | 18.0 | 69.0 | 52.6 | 34.5 | 53.8 |
Age | |||||||||
0-14 | 171 | 58 | 33.9 | 113 | 16.0 | 56.0 | 41.2 | 26.0 | 39.0 |
15-44 | 7,114 | 2,006 | 28.2 | 5,108 | 19.0 | 70.0 | 53.1 | 37.0 | 50.7 |
45-64 | 5,029 | 1,600 | 31.8 | 3,429 | 19.0 | 74.0 | 56.8 | 39.0 | 56.4 |
> 64 | 2,754 | 986 | 35.8 | 1,768 | 14.0 | 57.0 | 45.8 | 29.0 | 52.1 |
Unknown | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 7 | 17.0 | 33.5 | 25.1 | 26.0 | 11.5 |