Table 1 Population demographics including unique patient LAI new starts and LAI discontinuations; stratified by gender, age, province/region, and payer type. Reported as total number of events (n) and percentage (%)
LAI New Starts: January 2019 to December 2020 | Number of Unique Patients by Epoch | |||||
Characteristic | All LAI New Starts (n = 26,770) | COVID Awareness Period (n = 4459) | Primary COVID Escalation Period (n = 4518) | COVID Maintenance Period (n = 4500) | Second COVID Escalation Period (n = 4434) | Pre-COVID Comparator Period (n = 4303) |
Gender | ||||||
 Women, n (%) | 9504 (35.5) | 1535 (34.4) | 1636 (36.2) | 1599 (35.5) | 1560 (35.2) | 1504 (35.0) |
 Men, n (%) | 17,266 (64.5) | 2924 (65.6) | 2882 (63.8) | 2901 (64.5) | 2874 (64.8) | 2799 (65.0) |
Age In Years | ||||||
 18–35, n (%) | 12,205 (45.6) | 2073 (46.5) | 2122 (47.0) | 2101 (46.7) | 2205 (49.7) | 1890 (43.9) |
 36–50, n (%) | 8121 (30.3) | 1334 (29.9) | 1338 (29.6) | 1370 (30.4) | 1284 (29.0) | 1369 (31.8) |
 51–64, n (%) | 4444 (16.6) | 709 (15.9) | 762 (16.9) | 734 (16.3) | 665 (15.0) | 723 (16.8) |
 65+, n (%) | 2000 (7.5) | 343 (7.7) | 296 (6.6) | 295 (6.6) | 280 (6.3) | 321 (7.5) |
Province | ||||||
 AB, n (%) | 2410 (9.0) | 381 (8.5) | 439 (9.7) | 422 (9.4) | 413 (9.3) | 380 (8.8) |
 Atlantic CA, n (%) | 1983 (7.4) | 350 (7.8) | 324 (7.2) | 287 (6.4) | 317 (7.1) | 308 (7.2) |
 BC, n (%) | 2636 (9.8) | 424 (9.5) | 436 (9.7) | 441 (9.8) | 418 (9.4) | 413 (9.6) |
 MB, n (%) | 537 (2.0) | 97 (2.2) | 88 (1.9) | 98 (2.2) | 93 (2.1) | 104 (2.4) |
 ON, n (%) | 8214 (30.7) | 1389 (31.2) | 1428 (31.6) | 1414 (31.4) | 1410 (31.8) | 1347 (31.3) |
 QC, n (%) | 10,166 (38.0) | 1657 (37.2) | 1669 (36.9) | 1708 (38.0) | 1651 (37.2) | 1620 (37.6) |
 SK, n (%) | 824 (3.1) | 161 (3.6) | 134 (3.0) | 130 (2.9) | 132 (3.0) | 131 (3.0) |
Payer | ||||||
 Cash / Unknown source, n (%) | 1623 (6.1) | 240 (5.4) | 251 (5.6) | 276 (6.1) | 308 (6.9) | 215 (5.0) |
 Government, n (%) | 21,528 (80.4) | 3550 (79.6) | 3619 (80.1) | 3619 (80.4) | 3550 (80.1) | 3563 (82.8) |
 Private, n (%) | 3619 (13.5) | 669 (15.0) | 648 (14.3) | 605 (13.4) | 576 (13.0) | 525 (12.2) |
LAI Discontinuations: January 2019 to December 2020 | Number of Unique Patients, by Epoch | |||||
Characteristic | All LAI Discontinuations (n = 26,548) | COVID Awareness Period (n = 4242) | Primary COVID Escalation Period (n = 4507) | COVID Maintenance Period (n = 4382) | Second COVID Escalation Period (n = 4509) | Pre-COVID Comparator Period (n = 4347) |
Gender | ||||||
 Women, n (%) | 9331 (35.1) | 1462 (34.5) | 1575 (34.9) | 1604 (36.6) | 1546 (34.3) | 1549 (35.6) |
 Men, n (%) | 17,217 (64.9) | 2780 (65.5) | 2932 (65.1) | 2778 (63.4) | 2963 (65.7) | 2798 (64.4) |
Age In Years | ||||||
 18–35, n (%) | 11,411 (43.0) | 1851 (43.6) | 1915 (42.5) | 2041 (46.6) | 2087 (46.3) | 1879 (43.2) |
 36–50, n (%) | 8124 (30.6) | 1293 (30.5) | 1399 (31.0) | 1301 (29.7) | 1342 (29.8) | 1340 (30.8) |
 51–64, n (%) | 4714 (17.8) | 718 (16.9) | 815 (18.1) | 737 (16.8) | 711 (15.8) | 746 (17.2) |
 65+, n (%) | 2299 (8.7) | 380 (9.0) | 378 (8.4) | 303 (6.9) | 369 (8.2) | 382 (8.8) |
Province | ||||||
 AB, n (%) | 2457 (9.3) | 393 (9.3) | 398 (8.8) | 425 (9.7) | 394 (8.7) | 442 (10.2) |
 Atlantic CA, n (%) | 1784 (6.7) | 286 (6.7) | 284 (6.3) | 272 (6.2) | 300 (6.7) | 295 (6.8) |
 BC, n (%) | 2721 (10.2) | 390 (9.2) | 529 (11.7) | 452 (10.3) | 418 (9.3) | 476 (11.0) |
 MB, n (%) | 556 (2.1) | 92 (2.2) | 126 (2.8) | 105 (2.4) | 92 (2.0) | 110 (2.5) |
 ON, n (%) | 8242 (31.0) | 1342 (31.6) | 1456 (32.3) | 1404 (32.0) | 1445 (32.0) | 1338 (30.8) |
 QC, n (%) | 10,003 (37.7) | 1610 (38.0) | 1594 (35.4) | 1579 (36.0) | 1716 (38.1) | 1559 (35.9) |
 SK, n (%) | 785 (3.0) | 129 (3.0) | 120 (2.7) | 145 (3.3) | 144 (3.2) | 127 (2.9) |
Payer | ||||||
 Cash / Unknown source, n (%) | 1487 (5.6) | 237 (5.6) | 227 (5.0) | 262 (6.0) | 264 (5.9) | 219 (5.0) |
 Government, n (%) | 21,785 (82.1) | 3468 (81.8) | 3716 (82.4) | 3549 (81.0) | 3656 (81.1) | 3602 (82.9) |
 Private, n (%) | 3276 (12.3) | 537 (12.7) | 564 (12.5) | 571 (13.0) | 589 (13.1) | 526 (12.1) |