An Evaluation of a Modified CTAS at an Accident and Emergency Department in a Developing Country

Table 1

Patients’ factors (age, sex, and ethnicity) and waiting times according to triage category.

	Triage				value
	Blue	Red	Yellow	Green
Gender
Male				26 (28.3%)
Female				17 (17.0%)
Age (years)
17–29				7 (15.9%)
30–45				16 (28.9%)
46–60				12 (23.5%)
>60				7 (17.5%)
Ethnicity
African-Trinidadians				31 (22.8%)
Indian-Trinidadians				6 (17.6%)
Other				6 (17.6%)
Waiting time (hours)
Median	0.05	0.52	1.03	0.62
Range	(0.05)	(2.03)	(13.42)	(10.27)

values are based on Fisher’s exact test. -value based on the one-way nonparametric test for independent samples (Kruskal-Wallis test).