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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2012 Mar 27;131(2):265–275. doi: 10.1002/ijc.27477

Table 4. Lung Cancers Attributable to Selected Risk Factors in 2008.

Population Attributable Fraction (%)
North
America
Europe China
SHS exposure at home
 Men 2.10 2.01 4.95
 Women 2.19 9.12 18.07
SHS exposure at workplace
 Men 6.23 8.50 7.87
 Women 3.52 5.76 7.74
SHS exposure at home or at workplace
 Men 8.20 10.34 12.43
 Women 5.63 14.28 24.11
Tuberculosis 1.14 2.41 12.67
COPD 0.40 0.62
Family history 2.01 1.21 2.93
Residential radon 2.35 5.77 3.72
Pneumonia 0.17
Household use of coala 19.93

aCalculated for women only