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. 2011 Oct 17;39(5):1113–1119. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00058211

Table 2– Non-malignant respiratory disease mortality per 100 Bq·m−3 mean county-level residential radon concentrations at enrolment in 1982 follow-up 1982–2006, American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study-II.

Cause of death ICD-9 ICD-10 Cohen data LBL data
Deaths n Minimally adjusted# Fully adjusted Deaths n Minimally adjusted# Fully adjusted
Diseases of the respiratory system 460–519 J00-J98 20406 1.04 (0.98–1.09) 1.11 (1.05–1.17) 28300 1.01 (0.96–1.06) 1.08 (1.03–1.13)
 Pneumonia and influenza 480–487 J10-J18 6440 1.06 (0.96–1.17) 1.08 (0.98–1.19) 9058 0.99 (0.91–1.07) 1.01 (0.92–1.10)
 COPD and allied conditions 490–496 J19-J46 9664 1.02 (0.94–1.11) 1.14 (1.05–1.23) 13541 1.02 (0.95–1.09) 1.13 (1.05–1.21)
 All other respiratory diseases All not specified All not specified 4302 1.03 (0.92–1.16) 1.07 (0.95–1.20) 5701 1.02 (0.92–1.13) 1.05 (0.95–1.16)

Data are presented as hazard ratio (95% confidence interval), unless otherwise stated. ICD: International Classification of Diseases; LBL: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA, USA); COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. #: age, race, sex and state stratified. : age, race, sex and state stratified and adjusted for education, marital status, body mass index, body mass index squared, cigarette smoking status, cigarettes per day, cigarettes per day squared, duration of smoking, duration of smoking squared, age started smoking, passive smoking, vegetable/fruit/fibre consumption, fat consumption, industrial exposures, and occupation dirtiness index. Data of Cohen from [21, 22].