Ladies in waiting: the timeliness of first trimester services in New Zealand

Table 2 Average number of days delay between different steps of the TOP process

	N	Average number of days	Standard Deviation
First contact - booking	2949	10.3	9.1
Booking - counselling	2927	10.6	7.5
Booking - 1^st Certifying Consultant	2928	10.5	7.6
Counselling - 1^st Certifying Consultant	2402	0.4	3.1
1^st Certifying Consultant - 2^nd Certifying Consultant	2422	3.2	4.2
2^nd Certifying Consultant - TOP	2950	0.9	3.3
First contact - 1^st Certifying Consultant	2949	20.8	11.0
First contact - TOP	2950	24.9	10.7

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