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Table 2 Change in total ED visits before and during COVID-19 pandemic

From: Emergency department utilization before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among individuals with sickle cell disease

 

California

Georgia

Michigan

Tennessee

 

Before COVID

During COVID

% Difference

Before COVID

During COVID

% Difference

Before COVID

During COVID

% Difference

Before COVID

During COVID

% Difference

Total ED Visits

5744

4864

-15.32%

12,857

10,426

-18.91%

6064

4688

-22.69%

3507

2618

-25.35%

Age

            

 0–9

343

135

-60.64%

1623

680

-58.10%

312

142

-54.49%

329

136

-58.66%

 10–19

599

493

-17.70%

1668

1141

-31.59%

323

199

-38.39%

418

343

-17.94%

 20–29

2053

1784

-13.10%

3417

3289

-3.75%

1922

1606

-16.44%

1183

918

-22.40%

 30–39

1627

1536

-5.59%

3114

2883

-7.42%

2039

1664

-18.39%

943

732

-22.38%

 40–49

698

586

-16.05%

1953

1659

-15.05%

770

579

-24.81%

349

277

-20.63%

 50–59

328

271

-17.38%

747

569

-23.83%

480

333

-30.63%

218

150

-31.19%

 60+

96

59

-38.54%

335

205

-38.81%

218

165

-24.31%

67

62

-7.46%

Sex

 Male

2039

1,741

-14.62%

5223

3987

-23.66%

2667

2070

-22.38%

1173

884

-24.64%

 Female

3705

3,123

-15.71%

7634

6439

-15.65%

3397

2618

-22.93%

2334

1734

-25.71%

Race / Ethnicity

 Black, non-Hispanic

5282

4,467

-15.43%

   

5643

4324

-23.37%

3297

2490

-24.48%

 White, non-Hispanic

39

19

-51.28%

   

152

137

-9.87%

101

67

-33.66%

 Other or Unknown Race, non-Hispanic

149

146

-2.01%

   

216

186

-13.89%

-

-

-

 Hispanic, regardless of race

274

232

-15.33%

   

53

41

-22.64%

-

-

-

 Other or Unknown Race/Ethnicity

-

-

-

   

-

-

-

109

61

-44.04%

  1. Note Before COVID represents March 2019 – December 2019. During COVID represents March 2020 – December 2020. Race/ethnicity data unavailable for Georgia. Dashes represent race/ethnicity data incongruent with other states