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Table 2 Prevalence rates of face mask usage by sex, age group, urban district and area

From: Mask use among pedestrians during the Covid-19 pandemic in Southwest Iran: an observational study on 10,440 people

 

Number of observed pedestrians

Face mask usage

n

(CI 95%) prevalence

Overall prevalence

10,422

4749

45.6 (44.6 to 46.5)

Sex

 Male

7063

2734

38.7 (37.6 to 39.9)

 Female

3336

2009

60.2 (58.5 to 61.9)

Age group

 0–9 y

719

191

26.6 (23.4 to 30.0)

 10–39 y

6678

3015

45.1 (43.9 to 46.4)

 40–59 y

2592

1276

49.2 (47.3 to 51.2)

 60 and older

412

254

61.7 (58.6 to 66.4)

Urban district

 One

1673

809

48.4 (45.9 to 50.8)

 Two

1140

725

63.6 (60.7 to 66.4)

 Three

1377

684

49.7 (47.0 to 52.3)

 Four

1138

606

53.3 (50.3 to 56.2)

 Five

960

307

32.0 (29.0 to 35.0)

 Six

1439

301

20.9 (18.1 to 22.2)

 Seven

1197

430

35.9 (33.2 to38.7)

 Eight

1498

887

59.2 (56.7 to 61.7)

Area

 East

5745

2810

48.9 (47.6 to 50.2)

 West

4677

1939

41.5 (40.0 to 42.9)