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. 2023 Aug 23;25(12):3357–3368. doi: 10.1007/s12094-023-03308-0

Table 2.

Lung cancer mortality attributed to radon (as Population Attributable Fraction—PAF and attributable mortality—AM) for each Autonomous Community in Spain, for males and females in 2017 [49]

Autonomous communities PAF (%) Males AM Females AM
Andalusia 3.8 110 24
Aragon 2.9 18 4
Asturias, principality of 2.8 15 5
Balearic Islands 3.7 14 5
Canary Islands 5.5 36 13
Cantabria 3.4 9 3
Castile and Leon 4.7 49 13
Castile-La Mancha 5.2 44 8
Catalonia 3.6 92 28
Valencian Community 2.7 51 14
Extremadura 6.9 37 6
Galicia 7.0 86 24
Madrid, Community of 2.3 44 16
Murcian, Region of 3.7 17 4
Navarre, Foral Community of 2.9 7 2
Basque Country 1.8 17 6
Rioja, La 2.8 3 1

Lung cancer mortality attributed to radon exposure is presented here as: percentage of total lung cancer deaths, this is the Population Attributable Fraction (PAF%); as number of lung cancer deaths attributed to radon, this is the Attributable Mortality (AM)