Table 1: Demographic characteristics of the First Few X number of COVID-19 cases and contacts Sierra Leone, June 26-September 30, 2020.
|
Variable |
Cases (%) N = 160 |
Contacts (%) N = 1003 |
|
Age (years) |
|
|
|
< 18 |
31 (19) |
268 (28) |
|
18 – 44 |
90 (56) |
551 (58) |
|
45 – 59 |
27 (17) |
96 (10) |
|
60+ |
12 (8) |
40 (4) |
|
Missing |
NA |
48 (5) |
|
Sex |
|
|
|
Female |
70 (44) |
446 (45) |
|
Male |
90 (56) |
553 (55) |
|
Missing |
NA |
4 (< 1) |
|
District |
|
|
|
Western Area Rural |
40 (25) |
NA |
|
Western Area Urban |
120 (75) |
NA |
|
Occupation |
|
|
|
Child |
12 (8) |
151 (15) |
|
Health care worker |
6 (4) |
26 (3) |
|
Housewife |
13 (8) |
46 (5) |
|
Government employee |
26 (16) |
94 (9) |
|
Religious leader |
3 (2) |
0 (0) |
|
Self-employed |
7 (4) |
43 (4) |
|
Student |
34 (21) |
214 (21) |
|
Taxi driver |
4 (3) |
10 (1) |
|
Teacher |
1 (0) |
4 (0) |
|
Trader/Business |
12 (8) |
47 (5) |
|
Unemployed |
42 (26) |
332 (33) |
|
Hospitalization |
|
|
|
Yes |
23 (14) |
NA |
|
No |
137 (86) |
NA |
|
Deaths |
|
|
|
Yes |
6 (4) |
NA |
|
No |
154 (96) |
NA |
*NA: Not Applicable.