Table 1 Time-related frequencies of the selected CVD categories.

From: Sex-stratified patterns of emergency cardiovascular admissions prior and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Strata

Year: 2019

Year: 2020

Year: 2019

Year: 2020

χ2

p

Count (n)

Count (n)

Frequency (%)

Frequency (%)

Overall distribution (regardless of sex, N = 8744)

 ACS

1530 (1496.24)

1414 (1447.76)

34.43

32.88

44.64

< 0.00001

 Arrhythmia

911 (931.09)

921 (900.91)

20.50

21.42

 PE

114 (131.12)

144 (126.88)

2.57

3.35

 AHF

527 (446.74)

352 (432.26)

11.86

8.19

 Other CVDs

1362 (1438.81)

1469 (1392.19)

30.65

34.16

Subset distribution (sex: female, N = 3333)

 ACS

454 (431.76)

415 (437.24)

27.42

24.75

7.69

0.1037

 Arrhythmia

393 (398.47)

409 (403.53)

23.73

24.39

 PE

53 (60.12)

68 (60.88)

3.20

4.05

 AHF

168 (155.51)

145 (157.49)

10.14

8.65

 Other CVDs

588 (610.13)

640 (617.87)

35.51

38.16

Subset distribution (sex: male, N = 5411)

 ACS

1076 (1069.14)

999 (1005.86)

38.59

38.09

42.25

 < 0.00001

 Arrhythmia

518 (530.7)

512 (499.3)

18.58

19.52

 PE

61 (70.59)

76 (66.41)

2.19

2.90

 AHF

359 (291.63)

207 (274.37)

12.88

7.89

 Other CVDs

774 (825.94)

829 (777.06)

27.76

31.61

  1. Numbers in ‘()’ brackets indicate expected (estimated) counts.