Table 1.
Patient characteristics for March 15 through December 31 time periods
| Characteristics | Before COVID-19 (March–Dec. 2018) (n=7936) |
Before COVID-19 (March–Dec. 2019) (n=7958) |
During COVID-19 (March–Dec. 2020) (n=6388) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient age group | .581 | |||
| Minor (<18 y) | 150 (1.9) | 149 (1.9) | 112 (1.8) | |
| Young adult (18–26 y) | 3739 (47.1) | 3698 (46.5) | 2931 (45.9) | |
| Adult (27+ y) | 4047 (51.0) | 4111 (51.7) | 3345 (52.4) | |
| ≥8 wk at procedure | 2831 (35.7) | 2646 (33.2) | 2235 (35.0) | .004 |
| ≥12 wk at procedure | 692 (8.7) | 663 (8.3) | 467 (7.3) | .008 |
| Patient race and ethnicity | <.001 | |||
| Hispanic | 1641 (20.7) | 1803 (22.7) | 1432 (22.4) | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 3418 (43.1) | 3340 (42.0) | 2361 (37.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1237 (15.6) | 1294 (16.3) | 904 (14.2) | |
| Non-Hispanic Asian or Asian Indian | 486 (6.1) | 464 (5.8) | 247 (3.9) | |
| Non-Hispanic other | 406 (5.1) | 447 (5.0) | 262 (4.1) | |
| Declined to answer or missing | 748 (9.4) | 661 (8.3) | 1182 (18.5) | |
| Insurance typea | <.001 | |||
| Abortion fund | 182 (2.3) | 272 (3.4) | 199 (3.1) | |
| Private | 4774 (60.2) | 4774 (60.0) | 3818 (59.8) | |
| Public | 1519 (19.1) | 1604 (20.2) | 1365 (21.4) | |
| Self-pay | 1459 (18.4) | 1307 (16.4) | 1000 (15.7) | |
| Missing | 2 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 6 (0.1) |
Data are presented as number (percentage).
Fulcher et al. Abortion care utilization during COVID-19. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022.
a
Excludes n=9 missing values from statistical test.