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

Table 2 Poisson regression modeling the weekly case count ratio in 2020 (COVID-19 period) to time-matched 2018 pre-COVID-19 comparison group

Time frame: March 4 to May 5	Weekly case count ratio (95% CI)¹	Percentage relative reduction² (%)	p value
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Program patients
2020	0.45 (0.68–0.30)	54.55 (31.97–69.51)	0.001
2018	(Ref)
Sexual assault
2020	0.47 (0.79–0.27)	53.49 (20.63–72.60)	0.002
2018	(Ref)
Physical assault
2020	0.52 (0.93–0.29)	48.45 (7.41–71.35)	0.026
2018	(Ref)

¹Weekly case count ratio calculated with a Poisson regression without offset term comparing weekly counts in 2020 to 2018
²(1/weekly case count ratio) × 100

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