Changes in the dollar value of per capita alcohol, essential, and non-essential retail sales in Canada during COVID-19

Table 1 Adjusted regression coefficients for absolute changes in the average monthly dollar value of per capita alcohol, cannabis, essential, and non-essential retail sales in Canada during the first 9 months of COVID-19 for the six largest provinces in Canada

Trend	Alcohol	Essential Sales	Non-Essential Sales
Trend	Change in dollar (CAD)^a per capita aged 15+ (95% CI)^b
Pre-COVID-19 slope (secular trend per month)	+ 0.19 (0.18, 0.20) p < 0.001	+ 2.18 (210, 2.27) p < 0.001	+ 2.73 (2.65, 2.81) p < 0.001
Level Change During COVID-19^c	+ 4.86 (2.88, 6.83) p = 0.02	− 59.8 (− 78.47, − 41.03) p = 0.002	− 308.70 (− 326.60, − 290.79) p < 0.001
During COVID-19 slope (secular trend per month)	+ 0.20 (− 0.14, 0.54) p = 0.56	+ 14.24 (11.00, 17.48) p < 0.001	+ 42.33 (39.23, 45.44) p < 0.001
Percent Aged 20-29	− 0.39 (−0.96, 0.18) p = 0.50	− 9.79 (− 14.99, − 4.60) p < 0.001	+ 73.11 (68.26, 77.97) p < 0.001
Percent Male	+ 1.61 (− 0.07, 3.28) p = 0.35	+ 82.06 (66.82, 97.30) p = 0.065	− 140.19 (− 154.44, − 125.96) p < 0.001

^aThe dollars value of sales are expressed in January 2020 constant dollars to adjust for inflation
^bChanges in the dollar value of sales were adjusted for seasonal trends (categorical variable for each month) and for differences between the 6 provinces (categorial variable for each province)
^cReference = pre-pandemic period January 2010 – February 2020. Positive numbers indicate an increase in per capita sales, while negative numbers indicate declining sales

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