Table 2 .

Recognition of incident diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany in 2020 compared to 2019

Recognised incident disease, n (%)	Pre-pandemic intervala			Pandemic intervala
	Februaryb			Marchc			Aprild			Maye			∑ f
	2019	2020	Diff. (%)	2019	2020	Diff. (%)	2019	2020	Diff. (%)	2019	2020	Diff. (%)	Diff. (%)
GP, internal medicine specialists
Diabetes	2,892	2,719	−6%	2,957	2,703	−9%	2,919	2,027	−31%	2,690	2,025	−25%	−17%
Cancer	2,321	2,140	−8%	2,333	2,106	−10%	2,539	1,853	−27%	2,330	1,885	−19%	−16%
Coronary heart disease	2,047	2,078	2%	2,127	1,964	−8%	2,205	1,644	−25%	1,956	1,536	−21%	−13%
Dementia	1,467	1,383	−6%	1,561	1,429	−8%	1,710	1,380	−19%	1,544	1,254	−19%	−13%
COPD	1,636	1,498	−8%	1,659	1,519	−8%	1,607	1,067	−34%	1,358	956	−30%	−19%
Depression	1,484	1,427	−4%	1,607	1,438	−11%	1,668	1,271	−24%	1,505	1,260	−16%	−14%
Acute stroke	711	667	−6%	723	757	5%	765	621	−19%	668	587	−12%	−8%
Myocardial infarction	429	381	−11%	402	393	−2%	441	377	−15%	367	319	−13%	−10%
Psychiatrists/neurologists
Dementia	768	690	−10%	612	627	2%	730	449	−38%	718	529	−26%	−19%
Depression	726	668	−8%	626	598	−4%	549	445	−19%	597	457	−23%	−13%
Parkinson	238	230	−3%	202	188	−7%	187	160	−14%	214	164	−32%	−15%
Epilepsy	183	169	−8%	158	172	9%	170	120	−29%	148	115	−22%	−13%
Acute stroke	126	109	−13%	138	104	−25%	113	70	−38%	122	87	−29%	−26%
Diabetologists
Diabetes	655	742	+13%	668	637	−5%	593	367	−38%	582	467	−20%	−11%

^aAccording to Holloway et al. [25].

^bFebruary: less than 200 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections.

^c50,000 at the end of March.

^d125,000 at the end of April.

^eMore than 180,000 at the end of May.

^fFebruary–May.