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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 23.
Published in final edited form as: Radiat Res. 2019 Mar 29;191(6):507–517. doi: 10.1667/RR15054.1

TABLE 3.

Percentages with Frequencies of Medical Radiation Exposures by Atomic Bomb Radiation Dose

DS02R1 weighted absorbed colon dose
<0.005 Gy
0.005 to <0.1 Gy
0.1 to <1.0 Gy
≥1.0 Gy
(n = 5,762) (n = 4,416) (n = 2,226) (n = 266)
Total CT scans (%)a
 0 21.4 23.0 23.1 15.8
 1–5 54.4 53.0 52.1 51.5
 6+ 18.0 18.2 18.9 24.1
 Unknown 6.2 5.8 6.0 8.7
Head CT scans (%)
 0 40.4 40.4 41.2 33.5
 1–2 35.7 34.7 34.8 36.1
 3–5 13.1 13.7 12.7 15.8
 ≥6 4.1 4.5 4.2 5.3
 Unknown 6.7 6.7 7.1 9.4
Chest CT scans (%)
 0 45.6 47.9 46.8 39.1
 1–2 24.9 24.1 23.6 21.1
 3–5 11.4 10.4 11.7 15.4
 ≥6 7.0 7.7 7.4 10.2
 Unknown 11.1 10.0 10.6 14.3
Abdominal CT scans (%)
 0 54.1 55.1 53.7 43.6
 1–2 21.5 21.1 20.6 25.2
 3–5 8.7 8.8 8.9 11.7
 ≥6 4.8 4.9 5.3 6.4
 Unknown 11.0 10.1 11.6 13.2
Total fluoroscopy examinations (%)b
 0 20.3 18.3 21.4 27.1
 1–5 50.9 50.7 49.2 45.5
 ≥6 22.6 25.4 22.5 19.6
 Unknown 6.2 5.6 6.9 7.9
Upper GI fluoroscopy (%)
 0 24.0 21.5 24.8 32.0
 1–2 27.7 28.1 27.5 23.7
 3–5 21.4 20.7 19.9 18.1
 ≥6 19.0 22.5 19.7 16.5
 Unknown 7.9 7.1 8.2 9.8
Lower GI fluoroscopy (%)
 0 59.4 60.0 59.7 54.9
 1–2 25.9 26.0 25.6 29.7
 3–5 6.8 6.2 5.4 6.8
 ≥6 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.9
 Unknown 6.1 5.9 7.8 6.8
Total angiography examinations (%)c
 0 73.0 74.2 72.5 62.4
 1–5 17.4 16.9 17.8 24.8
 ≥6 2.3 1.8 2.1 2.3
 Unknown 7.3 7.1 7.6 10.5
Cerebral angiography (%)
 Never 84.4 85.1 84.1 75.2
 Everd 8.0 8.0 8.0 11.3
 Unknown 7.6 6.9 8.0 13.5
Coronary angiography (%)
 Never 80.1 81.8 80.0 72.9
 Ever d 13.5 12.1 13.3 16.5
 Unknown 6.5 6.1 6.7 10.5
Hepatic angiography (%)
 Never 89.0 89.7 87.7 84.2
 Everd 3.6 3.1 3.6 5.3
 Unknown 7.4 7.2 8.7 10.5
Radiotherapy (%)
 Never 84.6 84.7 83.7 74.8
 Ever 7.3 7.5 7.5 12.0
 Unknown 8.1 7.8 8.8 13.2
Total (%) 100 100 100 100
a

Head, chest and abdominal CT scans.

b

Upper and lower gastrointestinal (GI) fluoroscopy examinations.

c

Cerebral, coronary and hepatic angiography examinations.

d

Three responses (1–2, 3–5 and ≥6 times) were combined because the proportions of responses, 3–5 and ≥6, were small.