Table 2.
Summary excess relative risks (ERR)* per Gy and excess additive risks per 104 person year Gy† (EAR/104 PY-Gy) for types of circulatory disease mortality
Circulatory disease | Indicated as underlying cause of death | Underlying or contributing cause of death | |||||
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Deaths | P value | % ERR/Gy (95% CI) | EAR/104 PY-Gy (95% CI)† | Deaths | % ERR/Gy (95% CI) | ||
Total | 19 054 | <0.001 | 11 (5 to 17) | 5.5 (2.7 to 8.4) | 25 113 | 15 (10 to 20) | |
Stroke | 9 622 | 0.02 | 9 (1 to 17) | 2.3 (0.4 to 4.4) | 12 139 | 12 (5 to 19) | |
Heart disease | 8 463 | <0.001 | 14 (6 to 23) | 3.2 (1.3 to 5.2) | 14 018 | 18 (11 to 25) | |
Other | 969 | >0.5 | 2 (−18 to 29) | 0.1 (−0.4 to 0.7) | 5 846 | 58 (45 to 72) |
*Estimates based on linear model, adjusted for city, sex, age at exposure, and attained age.
†Average EARs calculated directly from fitted ERR models.