Table 4

Average rate of cough droplet size by age group (outlier removed)

N = 44

Age ≤ 30

30 > Age ≤ 50

Age > 50

Exclude outlier

N < 0.5 μm

1.02E+07

1.05E+07

2.89E+07

0.5 μm < N < 1.0 μm

2.15E+05

2.78E+05

2.48E+05

1.0 μm < N < 2.5 μm

2.58E+04

2.84E+04

3.41E+04

2.5 μm < N < 10.0 μm

2.96E+04

3.05E+04

4.47E+04

10 μm < N < 100 μm

1.34E+03

1.85E+03

3.03E+03

N > 100 μm

0

0

0

Unit: # droplets/cc/second

Zayas et al. BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2012 12:11   doi:10.1186/1471-2466-12-11