Table 1.
LAC + USC Medical Center patient demographics across the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and the comparison period in 2019
| Early pandemic period March 13, 2020–May 7, 2020 (N = 14,788) |
Early pandemic comparison period March 15, 2019–May 9, 2019 (N = 28,689) |
Later pandemic period May 8, 2020–July 2, 2020 (N = 17,849) |
Later pandemic comparison period May 10, 2019–July 4, 2019 (N = 27,524) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient demographics | ||||
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 560 (3.8%) | 923 (3.2%) | 700 (3.9%) | 865 (3.1%) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 489 (3.3%) | 998 (3.5%) | 645 (3.6%) | 999 (3.6%) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1,940 (13.1%) | 3,004 (10.5%) | 2,063 (11.6%) | 2,931 (10.6%) |
| Non-Hispanic Other | 1,630 (11.0%) | 3,243 (11.3%) | 1,817 (10.2%) | 3,147 (11.4%) |
| Hispanic | 10,169 (68.8%) | 20,521 (71.5%) | 12,624 (70.7%) | 19, 582 (71.1%) |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 6,058 (41.0%) | 13,591 (47.4%) | 7,651 (42.9%) | 12,862 (46.7%) |
| Male | 8,730 (59.0%) | 15,098 (52.6%) | 10,198 (57.1%) | 14,662 (53.3%) |
| Age (Mean ± SD) | 43.6 ± 17.5 | 41.7 ± 19.1 | 44.0 ± 17.2 | 42.5 ± 18.8 |
| Total acute emergencies | 2,144 (14.5%) | 3,354 (11.7%) | 2,720 (15.2%) | 3,012 (10.9%) |
| Cardiac emergency | 1,177 (7.9%) | 1,854 (6.5%) | 1,419 (7.9%) | 1,590 (5.8%) |
| Diabetic complications | 868 (6.1%) | 1,315 (4.6%) | 1,146 (6.4%) | 1,276 (4.6%) |
| Stroke | 99 (0.6%) | 185 (0.6%) | 155 (0.9%) | 146 (0.5%) |