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. 2021 Aug 31;4(8):e2125681. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.25681

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)
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)
a

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.

b

Age difference compared to prepandemic period: P < .001.

c

Age difference compared to prepandemic period: P < .01.

d

Age difference compared to prepandemic period: P < .05.