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

Table 2.

Lifetime RRs at different radon exposures, the distribution of ARs for Canadian women 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 1.0382 1.0862 0.0069 0.0130 58 12
19–37 24.55 1.0782 1.1770 0.0164 0.0311 137 29
38–56 15.88 1.1180 1.2677 0.0160 0.0304 134 28
57–74 9.85 1.1554 1.3536 0.0131 0.0249 109 23
75–92 6.76 1.1926 1.4394 0.0111 0.0212 93 20
93–111 5.01 1.2317 1.5298 0.0099 0.0190 83 18
112–130 3.60 1.2705 1.6201 0.0083 0.0159 69 15
131–148 2.53 1.3070 1.7056 0.0066 0.0128 55 12
149–166 1.93 1.3433 1.7910 0.0057 0.0109 47 10
167–185 1.57 1.3814 1.8811 0.0051 0.0099 43 9
186–200 0.99 1.4113 1.9521 0.0035 0.0067 29 6
201–250 2.26 1.5099 2.1883 0.0098 0.0192 82 18
251–300 1.30 1.6069 2.4239 0.0068 0.0133 57 12
301–400 1.32 1.7961 2.8928 0.0090 0.0179 75 17
401–500 0.59 1.9790 3.3590 0.0049 0.0100 41 9
501–600 0.30 2.1561 3.8224 0.0029 0.0060 25 6
601–800 0.26 2.4930 4.7409 0.0033 0.0069 28 6
>800 0.25 2.8084 5.6486 0.0039 0.0084 33 8
Total 100.00 0.1431 0.2776 1198 258