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Table 3 Average rate of cough droplet size by sex and age

From: Cough aerosol in healthy participants: fundamental knowledge to optimize droplet-spread infectious respiratory disease management

N = 45

Age ≤ 30

30 > Age ≤ 50

Age > 50

Sex

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

N < 0.5 μm

1.33E+07

5.32E+06

5.27E+06

1.75E+07

4.53E+07

1.65E+07

0.5 μm < N < 1.0 μm

1.89E+05

2.46E+05

1.83E+05

4.06E+05

2.79E+05

2.25E+05

1.0 μm < N < 2.5 μm

3.45E+04

1.12E+04

1.81E+04

4.22E+04

2.69E+04

3.95E+04

2.5 μm < N < 10.0 μm

4.01E+04

1.24E+04

1.78E+04

4.75E+04

4.41E+04

4.51E+04

10 μm < N < 100 μm

1.86E+03

4.95E+02

7.71E+02

3.30E+03

3.46E+03

2.71E+03

N > 100 μm

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

0.00E+00

  1. Unit: # droplets/cc/second