Table 1

Descriptive statistics

	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Elective	England		Scotland
% Died in hospital	0.21	4.62	0.40	6.32
% Male	46.86	49.90	45.31	49.78
Age	54.43	21.26	53.73	21.03
% Decile 1	10.26	30.35	12.06	32.57
% Decile 10	9.00	28.62	8.21	27.46
Number of observations	100 945 785		9 886 856
Emergency	England		Scotland
% Died in hospital	4.98	21.75	5.01	21.82
% Male	48.03	50.00	49.14	49.99
Age	50.55	28.32	52.60	26.39
% Decile 1	14.70	35.41	15.85	36.52
% Decile 10	7.11	25.69	6.21	24.13
Number of observations	74 048 633		8 259 572