Table 1.
Radon range |
Proportion of homes |
Relative risk, RR(C) |
Contribution to AR |
Lung-cancer deaths in 2011 attributable to radon |
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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.