Table. Demographic Information for Patients With Newly Identified Cancer, by Time Period.
Cancer type | Prepandemic (January 2019-February 2020) | Pandemic period 1 (March-May 2020) | Pandemic period 2 (June-October 2020) | Pandemic period 3 (November 2020-March 2021) | ||||||||
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Patients, No. | Women, No. (%)a | Age, mean (SD), y | Patients, No. | Women, No. (%) | Age, mean (SD), y | Patients, No. | Women, No. (%) | Age, mean (SD), y | Patients, No. | Women, No. (%) | Age, mean (SD), y | |
Prostate | 184999 | 0 | 71.2 (9.8) | 29118 | 0 | 70.8 (9.5)b | 58181 | 0 | 71.0 (9.8)c | 52546 | 0 | 70.8 (9.8)b |
Breast | 134157 | 134157 (100) | 64.3 (12.7) | 18367 | 18367 (100) | 63.5 (12.9)b | 43237 | 43237 (100) | 64.5 (12.8)d | 38856 | 38856 (100) | 64.3 (12.9) |
Colorectal | 57411 | 28416 (49.6) | 66.7 (13.4) | 8109 | 3914 (48.3) | 65.9 (13.3)b | 18881 | 9453 (50.1) | 66.4 (13.5)d | 16520 | 8194 (49.7) | 65.9 (13.3)b |
Lung | 42212 | 22606 (53.6) | 70.1 (10.6) | 6955 | 3667 (52.8) | 69.6 (10.6)b | 14423 | 7796 (54.2) | 70.3 (10.5) | 12252 | 6468 (52.9) | 70.2 (10.5) |
Pancreatic | 16484 | 8185 (49.7) | 67.6 (12.7) | 2782 | 1427 (51.3) | 67.6 (12.5) | 5638 | 2782 (49.4) | 68.3 (12.2)b | 5320 | 2655 (50.0) | 67.8 (12.3) |
Cervical | 6905 | 6905 (100) | 54.5 (14.7) | 1092 | 1092 (100) | 53.3 (14.5)d | 2283 | 2283 (100) | 54.1 (15.0) | 2049 | 2049 (100) | 53.5 (14.8)d |
Gastric | 5815 | 2487 (42.8) | 67.4 (13.5) | 861 | 350 (40.7) | 66.7 (13.7) | 1915 | 782 (40.9) | 67.0 (13.7) | 1678 | 694 (41.4) | 66.3 (13.7)c |
Esophageal | 5729 | 1373 (24.0) | 68.5 (11.4) | 962 | 241 (25.1) | 69.0 (10.9) | 1960 | 496 (25.3) | 68.6 (11.5) | 1799 | 455 (25.3) | 68.7 (10.9) |
Sex distribution compared to prepandemic period: P = .03 (pandemic period 1) for colorectal cancer; not applicable or P ≥ .10 for all other cancers across all pandemic periods.
Age difference compared to prepandemic period: P < .001.
Age difference compared to prepandemic period: P < .01.
Age difference compared to prepandemic period: P < .05.