Table 2.
Resections and rates with change: periods of interest (lockdown).
| Reference period 1 (04–06, 2012–2019) | Observation period 1 (04–06, 2020) | Change (%) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average number of patients/month (±SD) | 7034.5 (418.6) | 6110.3 (597.4) | −13.1 | |
| Number of patients/100 000 people | 8.58 (0.50) | 7.35 (0.72) | −14.3 | <0.001 |
| Mortality (mean no per 100 000 patients/month ±SD) | 0.43 (0.03) | 0.34 (0.02) | <0.001 | |
| Cancer location (mean no per 100 000 patients/month) | ||||
| Lung | 1.33 (0.10) | 1.25 (0.08) | −6.0 | 0.240 |
| Esophagus | 0.36 (0.03) | 0.36 (0.02) | −0.0 | 0.836 |
| Gastric | 0.89 (0.06) | 0.74 (0.12) | −16.9 | 0.002 |
| Pancreas | 0.55 (0.05) | 0.54 (0.07) | −1.8 | 0.905 |
| Liver | 0.93 (0.07) | 0.86 (0.10) | −7.5 | 0.132 |
| Colon | 3.29 (0.19) | 2.62 (0.35) | −20.4 | <0.001 |
| Rectum | 1.24 (0.11) | 0.98 (0.13) | −21.0 | <0.001 |
| Reference period 2 (10–12, 2012–2019) | Observation period 2 (10–12, 2020) | |||
| Average number of patients/month (±SD) | 6391.1 (834.7) | 5357.0 (1738.1) | −16.2 | |
| Number of patients/100 000 people | 7.79 (1.02) | 6.44 (2.09) | −17.3 | 0.065 |
| Mortality (mean no per 100 000 patients/month ±SD) | 0.41 (0.06) | 0.28 (0.12) | 0.0043 | |
| Cancer location (mean no per 100 000 patients/month) | ||||
| Lung | 1.20 (0.18) | 1.10 (0.34) | −8.3 | 0.425 |
| Esophagus | 0.33 (0.06) | 0.25 (0.11) | −24.2 | 0.033 |
| Gastric | 0.80 (0.13) | 0.65 (0.25) | −18.8 | 0.109 |
| Pancreas | 0.50 (0.08) | 0.43 (0.19) | −14.0 | 0.243 |
| Liver | 0.85 (0.11) | 0.77 (0.22) | −9.4 | 0.368 |
| Colon | 2.97 (0.33) | 2.44 (0.76) | −17.5 | 0.032 |
| Rectum | 1.14 (0.16) | 0.80 (0.23) | −29.8 | 0.003 |
‘People’ represent total number of people in Germany in the respective year. P values stem from Student’s t test. Visualization in Figure 1.