Table 1.

Lifespans of Dogs Versus Radiation Dose Rate.^a

Dose Rate, cGy/d	Dose Rate, mGy/y	Lifespan, Days			Lifespan, Normalized
		50% Mortality	10% Mortality	5% Mortality	50% Mortality	10% Mortality	5% Mortality
Background	2.4 × 100	4300	2700	2150	1.00	1.00	1.00
0.3	1.1 × 103	4050	2700	2150	0.94	1.00	1.00
0.75	2.7 × 103	3300	2200	1800	0.77	0.82	0.84
1.88	6.9 × 103	3000	1300	850	0.70	0.48	0.386
3.75	1.4 × 104	1900	600	400	0.44	0.222	0.182
7.5	2.7 × 104	400	220	95	0.093	0.081	0.043
12.75	4.7 × 104	150	91	40	0.035	0.034	0.0182
26.25	9.6 × 104	51	40	30	0.012	0.0148	0.0136
37.5	1.4 × 105	32	23	15	0.0074	0.0085	0.0068
54	2.0 × 105	24	13	11	0.0056	0.0048	0.0050

^aAdapted from Data in Fliedner et al.²³