COVID-19 pandemic and violence: rising risks and decreasing urgent care-seeking for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors

Table 1 Comparison of ED admissions for sexual assault and domestic violence between March 4 and May 5 (n = 62 days) in 2018 (pre-COVID-19 period) and 2020 (COVID-19 period)

	2018	2020	Absolute difference	Percent relative reduction (%)
ED admissions
Total ED admissions	30,371	20,370	10,001	32.93
Mean weekly ED admissions	3374.56	2263.33	1111.22	32.93
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Program patients
Total patients	77	34	43	55.84
Mean weekly patients	8.55	3.89	4.66	54.50
Case rate per 10,000 ED admissions	25.35	17.18	8.17	32.23
Sexual assault cases¹
Total cases	46	20	26	56.52
Mean weekly cases	5.11	2.22	2.89	56.56
Case rate per 10,000 ED admissions	15.15	9.82	5.33	35.18
Physical assault cases
Total cases	33	17	16	48.48
Mean weekly cases	3.67	1.88	1.79	48.77
Case rate per 10,000 ED admissions	10.87	8.35	2.52	23.18

¹The total sexual assault and physical assault do not sum to 100% as patients can experience both sexual and physical assaults

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