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. 2016 Sep 20;58(5):489–518. doi: 10.1539/joh.ROEL2016

Table III-3.

Unit risk doses of ionizing radiation: Risk of Exposure-Induced Death (REID) levels of 100, 50, 10, 1, for 1,000 population

Single exposure (mSV) DDREF=1
(a) Male (b) Female
REID age at first exposure REID age at first exposure
18 28 38 48 58 18 28 38 48 58
10−1 892.2 1,075.5 1,342.1 1,760.8 2,441.8 10−1 762.9 939.2 1,204.2 1,628.9 2,320.5
5×10−2 440.8 535.2 676.9 911.2 1,325.0 5×10−2 374.1 462.3 597.7 821.7 1,207.9
10−2 87.4 106.8 136.7 189.0 291.6 10−2 73.7 91.4 119.0 166.0 251.9
10−3 8.7 10.7 13.7 19.1 30.0 10−3 7.3 9.1 11.9 16.6 25.5
10−4 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.9 3.0 10−4 0.7 0.9 1.2 1.7 2.6
Repeated exposure until age 68 (from first exposure age to the end of age 67) (mSv/year) DDREF=1
(a) Male (b) Female
REID age at first exposure REID age at first exposure
18 28 38 48 58 18 28 38 48 58
10−1 34.1 50.8 83.5 160.2 412.8 10−1 28.6 42.7 70.1 133.0 342.4
5×10−2 16.4 24.5 40.3 77.5 203.9 5×10−2 13.8 20.7 33.9 64.5 167.5
10−2 3.2 4.8 7.8 15.1 40.4 10−2 2.7 4.0 6.6 12.6 33.0
10−3 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.5 4.0 10−3 0.3 0.4 0.7 1.3 3.3
10−4 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.15 0.40 10−4 0.03 0.04 0.07 0.13 0.33
Repeated 10 year exposure, (10 years from first exposure age) (mSv/year) DDREF=1
(a) Male (b) Female
REID age at first exposure REID age at first exposure
18 28 38 48 58 18 28 38 48 58
10−1 101.7 126.8 168.1 245.8 412.8 10−1 85.5 108.2 145.3 211.0 342.4
5×10−2 49.2 61.4 81.4 119.6 203.9 5×10−2 41.5 52.5 70.5 102.6 167.5
10−2 9.6 12.0 15.9 23.4 40.4 10−2 8.1 10.3 13.8 20.1 33.0
10−3 1.0 1.2 1.6 2.3 4.0 10−3 0.8 1.0 1.4 2.0 3.3
10−4 0.10 0.12 0.16 0.23 0.40 10−4 0.08 0.10 0.14 0.20 0.33
Repeated 5 year exposure, (5 years from first exposure age) (mSv/year) DDREF=1
(a) Male (b) Female
REID age at first exposure REID age at first exposure
18 28 38 48 58 18 28 38 48 58
10−1 192.5 236.8 306.4 430.4 673.3 10−1 161.8 202.3 266.4 376.7 581.4
5×10−2 93.3 115.0 149.3 211.4 337.9 5×10−2 78.6 98.3 129.7 184.1 287.1
10−2 18.2 22.5 29.3 41.7 68.0 10−2 15.4 19.2 25.4 36.2 56.9
10−3 1.8 2.2 2.9 4.2 6.8 10−3 1.5 1.9 2.5 3.6 5.7
10−4 0.18 0.22 0.29 0.42 0.68 10−4 0.15 0.19 0.25 0.36 0.57
Single exposure (mSv) DDREF=2
(a) Male (b) Female
REID Age 18 28 38 48 58 REID Age 18 28 38 48 58
10−1 1,541.0 1,801.1 2,139.4 2,599.6 3,245.9 10−1 1,403.1 1,692.1 2,084.0 2,646.2 3,436.8
5×10−2 797.0 946.9 1,153.4 1,455.7 1,911.2 5×10−2 707.5 862.9 1,085.7 1,425.2 1,940.6
10−2 165.1 199.8 251.4 335.9 486.3 10−2 142.8 176.1 226.6 309.8 453.4
10−3 16.7 20.3 25.8 35.1 53.3 10−3 14.3 17.7 22.9 31.7 47.7
10−4 1.7 2.0 2.6 3.5 5.4 10−4 1.4 1.8 2.3 3.2 4.8
Repeated exposure until age 68 (from first exposure age to the end of age 67) (mSv/year) DDREF=2
(a) Male (b) Female
REID age at first exposure REID age at first exposure
18 28 38 48 58 18 28 38 48 58
10−1 63.5 93.4 150.2 276.5 650.5 10−1 54.9 81.4 131.9 244.7 596.9
5×10−2 30.7 45.3 73.2 136.8 337.3 5×10−2 26.6 39.5 64.2 120.1 301.3
10−2 6.0 8.8 14.4 27.2 70.2 10−2 5.2 7.7 12.6 23.7 60.9
10−3 0.6 0.9 1.4 2.7 7.1 10−3 0.5 0.8 1.3 2.4 6.1
10−4 0.06 0.09 0.14 0.27 0.71 10−4 0.05 0.08 0.13 0.24 0.61
Repeated 10 year exposure, (10 years from first exposure age) (mSv/year) DDREF=2
(a) Male (b) Female
REID age at first exposure REID age at first exposure
18 28 38 48 58 18 28 38 48 58
10−1 191.2 235.3 304.2 424.7 650.5 10−1 165.2 207.5 274.3 387.7 596.9
5×10−2 93.2 115.1 149.9 212.5 337.3 5×10−2 80.5 101.2 134.4 191.7 301.3
10−2 18.3 22.6 29.7 42.6 70.2 10−2 15.8 19.9 26.5 38.0 60.9
10−3 1.8 2.3 3.0 4.3 7.1 10−3 1.6 2.0 2.6 3.8 6.1
10−4 0.18 0.23 0.30 0.43 0.71 10−4 0.16 0.20 0.26 0.38 0.61
Repeated 5 year exposure, (5 years from first exposure age) (mSv/year) DDREF=2
(a) Male (b) Female
REID age at first exposure REID age at first exposure
18 28 38 48 58 18 28 38 48 58
10−1 358.0 433.6 545.5 726.9 1,032.7 10−1 310.9 385.1 497.8 681.2 989.7
5×10−2 176.0 214.5 272.8 371.6 550.8 5×10−2 152.1 189.1 246.1 341.5 510.3
10−2 34.8 42.6 54.7 76.1 118.5 10−2 29.9 37.3 48.8 68.6 105.3
10−3 3.5 4.3 5.5 7.7 12.1 10−3 3.0 3.7 4.9 6.9 10.6
10−4 0.35 0.42 0.55 0.77 1.21 10−4 0.30 0.37 0.49 0.69 1.06