Table 1 Comparison of demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who visited primary care for any reason to patients who visited for COVID-19, RTI, or a non-respiratory illness (negative)
All patients | COVID-19 patients | p value | All patients | RTI | p value | All patients | Negative‡ | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population size, n | 855,434 | 19,890 | 855,434 | 18,773 | 855,434 | 19,890 | |||
Female | 478,381 (56.0) | 10,994 (55.3) | 0.0477 | 478,381 (56.0) | 10,591 (56.4) | 0.2326 | 478,381 (56.0) | 10,994 (55.3) | 0.0477 |
Age groups | |||||||||
0–18 | 145,791 (17.5) | 3,826 (19.2) | < .0001 | 145,791 (17.5) | 3,791 (20.2) | < .0001 | 145,791 (17.5) | 3,826 (19.2) | < .0001 |
19–39 | 193,573 (23.3) | 6,894 (34.7) | 193,573 (23.3) | 6,178 (32.9) | 193,573 (23.3) | 6,894 (34.7) | |||
40–64 | 285,520 (34.3) | 7,205 (36.2) | 285,520 (34.3) | 6,845 (36.5) | 285,520 (34.3) | 7,205 (36.32) | |||
65 + | 206,266 (24.8) | 1,965 (9.9) | 206,266 (24.8) | 1,959 (10.4) | 206,266 (24.8) | 1,965 (9.9) | |||
Province | |||||||||
British Columbia | 68,756 (8.0) | 2,036 (10.2) | < .0001 | 68,756 (8.0) | 2,010 (10.7) | < .0001 | 68,756 (8.0) | 2,036 (10.2) | < .0001 |
Alberta | 195,963 (22.9) | 7,055 (35.5) | 195,963 (22.9) | 6,926 (36.9) | 195,963 (22.9) | 7,055 (35.5) | |||
Ontario | 541,006 (63.2) | 10,598 (53.3) | 541,006 (63.2) | 9,645 (51.4) | 541,006 (63.2) | 10,598 (53.3) | |||
Nova Scotia | 46,344 (5.4) | 174 (0.9) | 46,344 (5.4) | 174 (0.93) | 46,344 (5.4) | 174 (0.9) | |||
Newfoundland | 3,365 (0.4) | 27 (0.1) | 3,365 (0.4) | 18 (0.10) | 3,365 (0.4) | 27 (0.1) | |||
Location | |||||||||
Urban | 679,043 (82.5) | 17,450 (90.5) | < .0001 | 679,043 (82.5) | 16,912 (90.1) | < .0001 | 679,043 (82.5) | 16,941 (86.6) | < .0001 |
Social deprivation | |||||||||
Most deprived (4,5) | 298,003 (34.8) | 6,477 (32.6) | < .0001 | 298,003 (34.8) | 5,910 (31.5) | < .0001 | 298,003 (34.8) | 7,149 (35.9) | 0.0012 |
Material deprivation | |||||||||
Most deprived (4,5) | 239,374 (28.0) | 4,727 (23.8) | < .0001 | 239,374 (28.0) | 4,330 (23.1) | < .0001 | 239,374 (28.0) | 6,251 (31.4) | < .0001 |
Pregnant | 8,350 (0.98) | 312 (1.6) | < .0001 | 8,350 (0.98) | 212 (1.13) | 0.0350 | 8,350 (1.0) | 245 (1.2) | 0.0003 |
HIV infection | 663 (0.08) | 50 (0.2) | < .0001 | 663 (0.08) | 11 (0.06) | 0.3558 | 663 (0.08) | 7 (0.04) | 0.0329 |
Cancer | 76,581 (8.9) | 1,466 (7.4) | < .0001 | 76,581 (8.95) | 1,972 (10.50) | < .0001 | 76,581 (8.9) | 1,823 (9.2) | 0.2981 |
Smoking | |||||||||
Non-smoker | 270,512 (31.6) | 7,296 (36.7) | < .0001 | 270,512 (31.6) | 7,466 (39.8) | < .0001 | 270,512 (31.6) | 8,552 (43.0) | < .0001 |
Past smoker | 77,108 (9.0) | 1,441 (7.2) | 77,108 (9.0) | 1,669 (8.9) | 77,108 (9.0) | 1,592 (8.0) | |||
Smoker | 101,384 (11.8) | 2,020 (10.2) | 101,384 (11.8) | 2,111 (11.2) | 101,384 (11.8) | 2,270 (11.4) | |||
Unknown | 406,430 (47.5) | 9,133 (45.9) | 406,430 (47.5) | 7,527 (40.1) | 406,430 (47.5) | 7,476 (37.6) | |||
Alcohol use | |||||||||
Yes | 222,239 (26.0) | 5,506 (27.7) | 0.0589 | 222,239 (26.0) | 5,244 (27.9) | 0.7579 | 222,239 (26.0) | 5,482 (27.6) | 0.0003 |
No | 69,735 (8.2) | 1,810 (9.1) | 69,735 (8.2) | 1,921 (10.2) | 69,735 (8.2) | 2,224 (11.2) | |||
Unknown | 563,460 (65.9) | 12,574 (63.2) | 563,460 (65.9) | 11,608 (61.8) | 563,460 (65.9) | 12,184 (61.3) | |||
Obese | 178,214 (20.8) | 4,314 (21.7) | 0.0033 | 178,214 (20.8) | 4,316 (22.99) | < .0001 | 178,214 (20.8) | 3,857 (19.4) | < .0001 |
Chronic conditions | |||||||||
0 | 306,017 (35.8) | 8,594 (43.2) | < .0001 | 306,017 (35.8) | 5,392 (28.7) | < .0001 | 306,017 (35.8) | 7,757 (39.0) | < .0001 |
≥ 1 | 549,417 (64.2) | 11,296 (56.8) | 549,417 (64.2) | 13,381 (71.3) | 549,417 (64.2) | 12,133 (61.0) | |||