Table 1

 Percentage of weekend deaths, UK 1986–98

% Weekend% Sunday% Saturday
Expected cases at the weekend = 28.57% and Saturday = 14.28%.
1986–9031.3016.3914.91
(n = 8147)(p < 0.0001)(p < 0.0001)(p = 0.05)
1993–9832.2416.6115.63
(n = 2776)(p < 0.0001)(p < 0.001)(p = 0.02)