Table.
Emergency hospital admissions coded with DKA during the first wave, post-first wave, and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20, with associated percentage changes
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First wave |
Post-first wave |
Second wave |
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| Type 1 diabetes | Type 2 diabetes | Newly diagnosed diabetes | Total | Type 1 diabetes | Type 2 diabetes | Newly diagnosed diabetes | Total | Type 1 diabetes | Type 2 diabetes | Newly diagnosed diabetes | Total | |
| Overall | ||||||||||||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | 4041 | 2831 | 1681 | 8553 | 4491 | 2613 | 1625 | 8729 | 4337 | 3912 | 1986 | 10 235 |
| Mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20 | 4965 | 2010 | 1072 | 8048 | 5208 | 2011 | 1041 | 8260 | 5769 | 2608 | 1234 | 9610 |
| Percentage change | −19% | 41% | 57% | 6% | −14% | 30% | 56% | 6% | −25% | 50% | 61% | 7% |
| Age <19 years | ||||||||||||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | 429 | 6 | 554 | 989 | 555 | 3 | 667 | 1225 | 529 | 5 | 628 | 1162 |
| Mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20 | 683 | 9 | 371 | 1063 | 715 | 8 | 409 | 1132 | 784 | 9 | 451 | 1244 |
| Percentage change | −37% | −31% | 49% | −7% | −22% | −63% | 63% | 8% | −33% | −42% | 39% | −7% |
| Age 19–39 years | ||||||||||||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | 1949 | 173 | 428 | 2550 | 2186 | 145 | 395 | 2726 | 2076 | 247 | 505 | 2828 |
| Mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20 | 2555 | 172 | 279 | 3006 | 2676 | 190 | 269 | 3135 | 2874 | 180 | 309 | 3363 |
| Percentage change | −24% | 1% | 53% | −15% | −18% | −24% | 47% | −13% | −28% | 37% | 63% | −16% |
| Age 40–59 years | ||||||||||||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | 990 | 972 | 405 | 2367 | 1065 | 863 | 340 | 2268 | 1023 | 1323 | 476 | 2822 |
| Mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20 | 1054 | 649 | 227 | 1930 | 1109 | 640 | 189 | 1939 | 1313 | 857 | 237 | 2407 |
| Percentage change | −6% | 50% | 78% | 23% | −4% | 35% | 80% | 17% | −22% | 54% | 101% | 17% |
| Age ≥60 years | ||||||||||||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | 673 | 1680 | 223 | 2576 | 685 | 1602 | 163 | 2450 | 709 | 2337 | 283 | 3329 |
| Mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20 | 672 | 1180 | 137 | 1989 | 707 | 1171 | 117 | 1995 | 796 | 1559 | 163 | 2518 |
| Percentage change | 0% | 42% | 63% | 30% | −3% | 37% | 39% | 23% | −11% | 50% | 74% | 32% |
| White ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | 3425 | 2033 | 1018 | 6476 | 3840 | 1966 | 1002 | 6808 | 3646 | 2711 | 1196 | 7553 |
| Mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20 | 4278 | 1567 | 717 | 6563 | 4495 | 1562 | 689 | 6746 | 4964 | 2041 | 849 | 7854 |
| Percentage change | −20% | 30% | 42% | −1% | −15% | 26% | 45% | 1% | −27% | 33% | 41% | −4% |
| Non-White ethnicities | ||||||||||||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | 386 | 535 | 394 | 1315 | 378 | 399 | 375 | 1152 | 443 | 801 | 463 | 1707 |
| Mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20 | 428 | 290 | 208 | 927 | 439 | 293 | 219 | 950 | 477 | 356 | 240 | 1072 |
| Percentage change | −10% | 84% | 89% | 42% | −14% | 36% | 71% | 21% | −7% | 125% | 93% | 59% |
| IMD 1 (most deprived) | ||||||||||||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | 1416 | 816 | 443 | 2675 | 1546 | 781 | 416 | 2743 | 1561 | 1192 | 551 | 3304 |
| Mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20 | 1683 | 605 | 272 | 2561 | 1726 | 632 | 263 | 2622 | 1915 | 780 | 298 | 2993 |
| Percentage change | −16% | 35% | 63% | 4% | −10% | 24% | 58% | 5% | −18% | 53% | 85% | 10% |
| IMD 5 (least deprived) | ||||||||||||
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | 386 | 316 | 226 | 928 | 437 | 318 | 215 | 970 | 414 | 443 | 243 | 1100 |
| Mean in equivalent time periods in 2017–20 | 528 | 221 | 130 | 879 | 550 | 234 | 123 | 907 | 599 | 309 | 144 | 1053 |
| Percentage change | −27% | 43% | 74% | 6% | −20% | 36% | 75% | 7% | −31% | 43% | 68% | 4% |
Data are n unless otherwise stated. Means have been rounded to whole numbers so the sum of the row might not equal the total shown. The first wave was defined as from March 1 to June 30, 2020, the post-first wave was from July 1 to Oct 31, 2020, and the second wave was from Nov 1, 2020, to Feb 28, 2021. DKA=diabetic ketoacidosis. IMD=Index of Multiple Deprivation.