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Table 2 Differences in neurosurgery incidence per category per 100.000 inhabitants during 2020

From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurosurgery in the elderly population in Sweden

Category

2019

2020

Expected value 2020 versus 2020 (95% CI)

P

Surgeries on the nervous system

734.8

589.3

0.82(0.79–0.86)

<0.001

Surgeries on the skull and intracranial structures

209,4

192.4

0.96(0.91–1.01)

ns

Surgeries on the spinal cord and nerve roots

248.4

189.9

0.76(0.72–0.80)

<0.001

Surgeries on peripheral nerves

267.7

196.8

0.60(0.58–0.62)

<0.001

Surgeries on the autonomic nervous system

0.1

0.1

0.96(0.90–1.02)

ns

Various surgeries on the nervous system

16.2

15.2

0.89(0.84–0.94)

<0.001

Reoperations on the nervous system

7.8

6.4

0.85(0.80–0.90)

<0.001

Smaller neurosurgical interventions

417.5

367.4

0.92(0.88–0.96)

0.0093

Diagnostic procedures within neurosurgery

62.8

45.3

0.76(0.68–0.84)

<0.001

  1. Quota value is expected incidence over actual outcome