Numbers of admissions by age, sex, socioeconomic deprivation and Charlson index of comorbidity for emergency admissions to acute NHS hospitals 2005/2006
| Characteristic | Weekday admission | Weekend admission |
| % of admissions (number of cases) | ||
| Age in years* | ||
| 0 to 14 | 13.8 (458 049) | 14.8 (147 394) |
| 15 to 44 | 27.8 (921 471) | 28.9 (288 533) |
| 45 to 64 | 19.5 (648 753) | 18.2 (182 213) |
| 65 to 74 | 12.9 (429 674) | 12.0 (119 252) |
| 75 to 84 | 16.2 (538 292) | 15.8 (157 979) |
| ≥85 | 9.7 (322 565) | 10.4 (103 691) |
| Sex* | ||
| Male | 47.5 (1 575 825) | 49.3 (492 924) |
| Female | 52.5 (1 742 979) | 50.7 (506 138) |
| Index of multiple deprivation quintile* | ||
| 1 least deprived | 15.1 (502 248) | 14.7 (147 007) |
| 2 | 16.9 (561 375) | 16.6 (165 441) |
| 3 | 18.8 (622 559) | 18.5 (185 224) |
| 4 | 21.3 (707 278) | 21.4 (214 105) |
| 5 most deprived | 26.4 (876 554) | 27.0 (270 199) |
| 6 unclassified | 1.5 (48 790) | 1.7 (17 086) |
| Charlson index of comorbidity* | ||
| 0 no comorbidity | 66.6 (2 209 519) | 67.6 (675 850) |
| 1 | 19.0 (631 280) | 19.3 (192 928) |
| 2 | 8.0 (266 177) | 7.4 (74 173) |
| 3 | 2.9 (97 672) | 2.7 (27 077) |
| 4 | 1.0 (34 050) | 0.9 (9344) |
| 5 | 1.7(56 443) | 1.3 (13 809) |
| >6 highest comorbidity | 0.7 (23 663) | 0.6 (5881) |
| Total | 100 (3 318 804) | 100 (999 062) |
↵* χ2 test for association, p<0.001 for all variables.