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. 2018 Sep 27;109(4):598–609. doi: 10.17269/s41997-018-0119-5

Table 3.

Canada: period QALYs, QALYs per 100,000 people, and annual radon-attributed lung cancer deaths prevented

Canada Total Male Female Male non-smoker Male smoker Female non-smoker Female smoker
QALYs (DR = 0)
 Intervention 1, mean (95% CI) 39,253 (2999–131,346) 17,012 (1297–56,891) 22,241 (1702–74,438) 5264 (391–17,803) 11,748 (900–38,947) 9754 (738–32,906) 12,487 (968–41,384)
 Intervention 2, mean (95% CI) 66,953 (5098–224,619) 29,021 (2206–97,323) 37,932 (2893–127,267) 8953 (665–30,289) 20,069 (1530 - 66,779) 16,595 (1254 - 56,022) 21,336 (1646 - 70,981)
QALYs (DR = 1.5%)
 Intervention 1, mean (95% CI) 15,445 (1180–51,691) 6728 (513–22,495) 8717 (667–29,179) 2071 (154–7003) 4657 (357–15,437) 3809 (288–12,852) 4908 (381–16,268)
 Intervention 2, mean (95% CI) 26,336 (2006–88,339) 11,473 (872–38,457) 14,863 (1134–49,853) 3521 (262–11,914) 7952 (606–26,444) 6480 (490–21,877) 8382 (647–27,881)
QALYs per 100,000 people (DR = 0)
 Intervention 1, mean (95% CI) 113 (9–378) 99 (8–330) 127 (10–425) 41 (3–137) 276 (21–914) 68 (5–231) 386 (30–1280)
 Intervention 2, mean (95% CI) 193 (15–646) 168 (13–565) 217 (17–726) 69 (5–234) 472 (36–1568) 117 (9–393) 659 (51–2196)
QALYs per 100,000 people (DR = 1.5%)
 Intervention 1, mean (95% CI) 45 (3–149) 39 (3–131) 50 (4–167) 16 (1–54) 109 (8–363) 27 (2–90) 152 (12–503)
 Intervention 2, mean (95% CI) 76 (6–254) 67 (5–223) 85 (6–285) 27 (2–92) 187 (14–621) 45 (3–153) 259 (20–862)
Radon-attributable lung cancer deaths prevented
 Intervention 1, mean (95% CI) 681 (100–1284) 357 (50–691) 324 (49–593) 56 (10–91) 301 (40–601) 102 (19–162) 222 (31–433)
 Intervention 2, mean (95% CI) 1263 (171–2571) 660 (86–1378) 603 (85–1195) 107 (18–185) 553 (69–1, 911) 194 (33–331) 409 (52–864)