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. 2024 Jan 12;82:5. doi: 10.1186/s13690-023-01234-9

Table 2.

Non-COVID-19 incidence rate of emergency department visits (per million person-month) and Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) of COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic baseline

Time periods Pre-pandemic
(Sep 2019-Feb 2020)
First Wave
(Feb 2020-Apr 2020)
Post-pandemic
(Sep 2020-Feb 2021)
Post-vaccination
(Sep 2021-Feb 2022)
Incidence Rate
(Reference)
Incidence Rate IRR Confidence Interval p-value Incidence Rate IRR Confidence Interval p-value Incidence Rate IRR Confidence Interval p-value
Total 2766.86 1884.44 0.68 0.56 0.84 0.00 2030.98 0.73 0.63 0.86 0.00 3080.85 1.11 0.96 1.30 0.17
< 18 1650.59 925.28 0.56 0.40 0.79 0.00 969.65 0.59 0.46 0.76 0.00 1503.16 0.91 0.72 1.15 0.44
18–44 1975.47 1480.05 0.75 0.62 0.91 0.00 1478.95 0.75 0.66 0.84 0.00 2308.32 1.17 1.05 1.30 0.01
45–64 3763.01 2631.29 0.70 0.56 0.88 0.00 2952.14 0.78 0.68 0.90 0.00 4584.31 1.22 1.07 1.39 0.00
< 64 9203.31 5850.50 0.64 0.51 0.79 0.00 6556.12 0.71 0.64 0.80 0.00 9201.48 1.00 0.90 1.11 1.00
Gender
Female 2804.95 1833.49 0.65 0.47 0.92 0.01 2016.70 0.72 0.55 0.93 0.01 3111.51 1.11 0.86 1.43 0.43
Male 2730.94 1932.56 0.71 0.56 0.89 0.00 2044.48 0.75 0.64 0.88 0.00 3051.88 1.12 0.95 1.32 0.18
Health Conditions
Cardiovascular diseases 167.59 117.52 0.70 0.35 1.41 0.32 140.19 0.89 0.53 1.50 0.67 168.17 1.11 0.67 1.84 0.68
Mental and substance use disorders 8.18 4.57 0.53 0.32 0.90 0.02 4.75 0.64 0.43 0.97 0.04 9.41 1.27 0.86 1.88 0.23
Unintentional Injuries 10.19 11.49 1.14 0.82 1.57 0.44 10.47 1.08 0.84 1.38 0.57 16.65 1.63 1.30 2.03 0.00
Self-Harm 0.92 1.11 1.16 0.55 2.46 0.70 1.28 1.24 0.74 2.08 0.41 1.44 1.59 0.94 2.70 0.09