Table 2.
Comparison of national estimates of PAR of lung cancer mortality from radon.
| Country | PAR estimates (%) [mean (95% CI)]a | Published estimates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEIR VI EAC | Hunter | Kreuzer | PAR (ERR model)b | Methodology | Reference | |
| France | 19.4 (6.2, 32.5) | 17.8 (4.6, 28.4) | 16.9 (8.7, 24) | 13 (EAC) 5 (Euro. pooled) 2 (N. Am. pooled) 11 (N. Am. pooled cor.) | Attributable fraction, regional analysis | Catelinois et al. 2006 |
| Germany | 14.9 (3.6, 29.8) | 14.0 (3.4, 22.9) | 13.1 (6.6, 18.9) | 12 (EAC) 3.1 (Euro. pooled) 7.3 (Euro. pooled cor.) | Period life table | Menzler et al. 2008 |
| Netherlands | 7.3 (0.9, 23.2) | 5.2 (1.2, 8.9) | 4.8 (2.3, 7.2) | 3 (2-mutation carc.) | Cohort life table | Leenhouts and Brugmans 2001 |
| Sweden | 19.2 (6.0, 30.3) | 22.4 (5.9, 34.9) | 21.2 (11.3, 29.6) | 19 (2-mutation carc.) | Cohort life table | Leenhouts and Brugmans 2001 |
| Switzerland | 19.6 (1.4, 49.5) | 18.2 (4.7, 29.0) | 17.2 (8.9, 24.4) | 8.3 (Euro. pooled) | Period life table | Menzler et al. 2008 |
| South Korea | 16.8 (5.3, 29.1) | 17.5 (4.4, 28.1) | 16.6 (8.5, 23.6) | 22 (EAC) 8.3 (Euro. pooled) | Attributable fraction, regional analysis | Lee et al. 2015 |
| United States | 12.5 (1.3, 30.6) | 9.9 (2.3, 16.7) | 9.3 (4.6, 13.6) | 13.9 (EAC) | Period life table | NRC 1999 |
| United Kingdom | 8.0 (0.6, 26.5) | 5.8 (1.3, 10.1) | 5.4 (2.6, 8.1) | 6.0 (EAC) 3.3 (Euro. pooled cor.) | Period life table | HPA 2009 |
Note: BEIR VI EAC, sixth Committee on Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation exposure–age–concentration model; CI, confidence interval; ERR, excess risk ratio; Euro. pooled, European pooled study; Euro. pooled cor., European pooled study corrected for random uncertainties in radon measurement; N. Am. pooled, North American pooled study; N. Am. pooled cor., North American pooled study corrected for random uncertainties in radon measurement (restricted to lower residential mobility); PAR, population attributable risk; 2-mutation carc., two-mutation carcinogenesis model (a biologically based carcinogenesis model).
Brief information about the three models for excess rate ratio used in this analysis: BEIR IV EAC, BEIR VI EAC model; Hunter, Hunter et al. (2013) model; Kreuzer, Kreuzer et al. (2015) model.
Information about the models used in published studies: Euro. pooled: radon; N. Am. pooled: radon; N. Am. pooled cor. radon; Euro. pooled cor. radon.