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. 2012 Aug 8;152(1-3):9–13. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncs147

Table 1.

Lifetime RRs at different radon exposures, the distribution of ARs for Canadian men from indoor radon exposure and estimated lung-cancer deaths attributable to radon for the year 2011.

Radon range
Proportion of homes
Relative risk, RR(C)
Contribution to AR
Lung-cancer deaths in 2011 attributable to radon
Bq m–3 (%) Ever-smoker Never-smoker Ever-smoker Never-smoker Ever-smoker Never-smoker
0–18 21.12 1.0414 1.0937 0.0074 0.0138 79 8
19–37 24.55 1.0847 1.1924 0.0175 0.0330 188 19
38–56 15.88 1.1277 1.2911 0.0171 0.0322 184 18
57–74 9.85 1.1682 1.3844 0.0140 0.0264 150 15
75–92 6.76 1.2084 1.4777 0.0119 0.0225 128 13
93–111 5.01 1.2505 1.5760 0.0106 0.0201 114 11
112–130 3.60 1.2924 1.6742 0.0089 0.0169 95 9
131–148 2.53 1.3317 1.7672 0.0071 0.0135 76 8
149–166 1.93 1.3708 1.8600 0.0060 0.0116 65 6
167–185 1.57 1.4118 1.9580 0.0055 0.0105 59 6
186–200 0.99 1.4439 2.0352 0.0037 0.0072 40 4
201–250 2.26 1.5498 2.2921 0.0105 0.0204 112 11
251–300 1.30 1.6536 2.5482 0.0072 0.0141 77 8
301–400 1.32 1.8555 3.0583 0.0095 0.0190 102 11
401–500 0.59 2.0500 3.5655 0.0052 0.0106 56 6
501–600 0.30 2.2373 4.0696 0.0031 0.0064 33 4
601–800 0.26 2.5916 5.0692 0.0035 0.0074 37 4
>800 0.25 2.9206 6.0573 0.0041 0.0089 44 5
Total 100.00 0.1527 0.2945 1639 166

The same radon ranges are used here as in the previous assessment(2).

A radon concentration range of 0–18 in Bq m–3 corresponds to 0–0.5 in pCi l–1.