Table 1
Percentage of weekend deaths, UK 1986–98
% Weekend
% Sunday
% Saturday
Expected cases at the weekend = 28.57% and Saturday = 14.28%.
1986–90
31.30
16.39
14.91
(n = 8147)
(p < 0.0001)
(p < 0.0001)
(p = 0.05)
1993–98
32.24
16.61
15.63
(n = 2776)
(p < 0.0001)
(p < 0.001)
(p = 0.02)