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. 2022 Oct 6;8(4):e35310. doi: 10.2196/35310

Table 1.

Characteristics of study cohort diagnosed with cancer during the pre–COVID-19 (January 1, 2019, to January 14, 2020) and COVID-19 (January 15, 2020, to December 31, 2020) periods—Indiana, 2019-2020 (N=41,924).

Characteristics Pre–COVID-19 period COVID-19 period Total

Dead Dead

No (n=18,895), n (%) Yes (n=2074), n (%) No (n=19,631), n (%) Yes (n=1324), n (%)
Age range (years)

18-44 1638 (8.7) 86 (4.2) 1635 (8.3) 30 (2.3) 3389 (8.1)

45-64 7005 (37.0) 631 (30.4) 7100 (36.2) 366 (27.6) 15,102 (36.0)

≥65 10,252 (88.3) 1357 (65.4) 10,896 (55.5) 928 (70.1) 23,433 (55.9)
Race or ethnicity

White 15,051 (79.6) 1694 (81.7) 15,015 (76.5) 1107 (83.6) 32,867 (78.4)

Black 1239 (6.6) 166 (8.0) 1173 (6.0) 93 (7.0) 2671 (6.4)

Hispanic 416 (2.2) 28 (1.3) 371 (1.9) 17 (1.3) 832 (2.0)

Other 2189 (11.6) 186 (9.0) 3072 (15.6) 107 (8.1) 5554 (13.2)
Sex

Female 9345 (49.5) 889 (42.9) 9725 (49.5) 611 (46.1) 20,570 (49.1)

Male 9550 (50.5) 1185 (57.1) 9906 (50.5) 713 (53.9) 21,354 (50.9)
Comorbidities

0 13,863 (73.4) 1095 (52.8) 14,567 (74.2) 699 (52.8) 30,224 (72.1)

1 3221 (17.0) 495 (23.9) 3313 (16.9) 324 (24.5) 7353 (17.5)

≥2 1811 (9.6) 484 (23.3) 1751 (8.9) 301 (22.7) 4347 (10.4)
Cancer

Breast 2743 (14.5) 101 (4.9) 2919 (14.9) 34 (2.6) 5797 (13.8)

Colorectal 1391 (7.4) 131 (6.3) 1438 (7.3) 83 (6.3) 3043 (7.3)

Leukemia 665 (3.5) 95 (4.6) 714 (3.6) 65 (4.9) 1539 (3.7)

Lip, oral cavity, and pharynx 415 (2.2) 48 (2.3) 466 (2.4) 25 (1.9) 954 (2.3)

Lung, trachea, and bronchus 1629 (8.6) 431 (20.8) 1662 (8.5) 322 (24.3) 4044 (9.6)

Lymphoma 821 (4.3) 100 (4.8) 859 (4.4) 51 (3.8) 1831 (4.4)

Myeloma 411 (2.2) 46 (2.2) 328 (1.7) 26 (2.0) 811 (1.9)

Other hematological 97 (0.5) 7 (0.3) 89 (0.5) 2 (0.1) 195 (0.5)

Other digestive 1033 (5.5) 367 (17.7) 1139 (5.8) 225 (17.0) 2764 (6.6)

Prostate 2592 (13.7) 103 (5.0) 2729 (13.9) 44 (3.3) 5468 (13.0)

Skin (melanoma) 2734 (14.5) 98 (4.7) 2511 (12.8) 43 (3.2) 5386 (12.8)

Urinary tract 1270 (6.7) 125 (6.0) 1399 (7.1) 78 (5.9) 2872 (6.8)

Othera 3094 (16.4) 422 (20.3) 3378 (17.2) 326 (24.6) 7220 (17.2)
COVID-19 positive

No 17,545 (92.9) 1942 (93.6) 18,346 (93.4) 1197 (90.4) 39,030 (93.1)

Yes 1350 (7.1) 132 (6.4) 1285 (6.5) 127 (9.6) 2894 (6.9)
Region

Urban 14,436 (76.4) 1536 (74.1) 14,222 (72.5) 952 (71.9) 31,146 (74.3)

Rural 4459 (23.6) 538 (25.9) 5409 (27.5) 372 (28.1) 10,778 (25.7)

aIncludes cancer types such as malignant neoplasia of the bone and articular tissue, endocrine glands, central nervous system, mesothelioma and soft tissue, male reproductive organs (excluding prostate), and female reproductive organs.