Table 1 Comparison of demographics for patients having surgery
From: The impact of COVID-19: variations in volumes and characteristics of retina surgeries
Characteristics | Feb 17–March 15 2020 n=87(%) | March 16–April 12 2020 n=34(%) | p-value* (During COVID v. prior to) | March 16–April 12 2019 n=62(%) | March 16–April 12 2018 n=69(%) | p-value* (During COVID v. 2019 v. 2018) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||||
Female | 33 (37.93%) | 17 (50.0%) | 0.2256 | 14 (22.58%) | 30 (43.48%) | 0.0098** |
Male | 54 (62.07%) | 17 (50.0%) | – | 48 (77.42%) | 39 (56.52%) | – |
Age | ||||||
Average (range) | 39.4 (range: 5 months–95 years) | 25.7 (range: 17 days–91 years) | – | 43.5 (3 months–84 years) | 42.9 (range: 7 months–80 years) | – |
0–19 years old | 30 (34.48%) | 21 (61.76%) | 0.0717 | 15 (24.19%) | 21 (30.43%) | 0.0070** |
20–39 years old | 10 (11.49%) | 1 (2.94%) | – | 11 (17.74%) | 6 (8.70%) | – |
40–59 years old | 21 (24.14%) | 6 (17.65%) | – | 13 (20.97%) | 13 (18.84%) | – |
60–79 years old | 24 (27.59%) | 5 (14.71%) | – | 21 (33.87%) | 28 (40.58%) | – |
80–99 years old | 2 (2.30%) | 1 (2.94%) | – | 2 (3.23%) | 1 (1.45%) | – |
Race | ||||||
White or Caucasian | 28 (32.18%) | 7 (20.59%) | 0.4586† | 21 (33.87%) | 25 (36.23%) | 0.4975† |
Black or African American | 19 (21.84%) | 2 (5.88%) | – | 15 (24.19%) | 20 (28.99%) | – |
Other‡ | 4 (4.60%) | 0 (0%) | – | 0 (0 %) | 1 (1.45%) | – |
Unknown | 36 (41.38%) | 25 (73.53%) | – | 26 (41.94%) | 23 (33.33%) | – |
Type of insurance | ||||||
Medicare | 16 (18.39%) | 2 (5.88%) | 0.2730 | 9 (14.5%) | 10 (14.49%) | <0.0001** |
Medicaid | 9 (10.34%) | 4 (11.76%) | – | 8 (12.9%) | 11 (15.94%) | – |
Private insurance | 51 (58.62%) | 22 (64.71%) | – | 44 (70.97%) | 43 (62.32%) | – |
Not recorded | 11 (12.64%) | 6 (17.65%) | – | 1 (1.61%) | 5 (7.25%) | – |