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. 2021 Apr 30;60(2):213–231. doi: 10.1007/s00411-021-00910-0

Table 2.

RADS incidence risk for various groupings of cancer incidence risks, in percent, calculated for different attained ages for an exposure to 1 Gy organ dose at age 40 years

Attained age (years) 65 70 75 80
Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females
Mixed ERR and EAR
 All solid cancer 3.1 (2.5; 3.9) 4.9 (4.1; 5.9) 4.5 (3.6; 5.6) 6.5 (5.4; 7.8) 6.1 (4.9; 7.6) 8.2 (6.9; 9.8) 7.8 (6.3; 9.7) 10.1 (8.5; 12.0)
 Leukemia 0.8 (0.1; 1.5) 0.5 (0.1; 1.0) 0.9 (0.2; 1.8) 0.6 (0.1; 1.2) 1.1 (0.2; 2.1) 0.7 (0.1; 1.4) 1.3 (0.2; 2.4) 0.8 (0.1; 1.5)
 Lung 0.5 (0.2; 0.7) 0.8 (0.5; 1.3) 0.7 (0.4; 1.1) 1.2 (0.8; 1.7) 1.0 (0.5; 1.5) 1.5 (1.1; 2.2) 1.3 (0.7; 2.0) 2.0 (1.4; 2.7)
 Lung adjusted (NS) 0.3 (0.1; 0.5) 0.4 (0.2; 0.5) 0.4 (0.2; 0.7) 0.5 (0.4; 0.8) 0.6 (0.3; 1.0) 0.8 (0.5; 1.1) 0.8 (0.4; 1.4) 1.1 (0.8; 1.5)
 Breast 0.5 (0.3; 0.8) 0.6 (0.4; 1.0) 0.8 (0.5; 1.3) 1.0 (0.6; 1.6)
ERR (w = 1)
 All solid cancer 3.9 (2.8; 5.2) 6.7 (5.2; 8.6) 5.8 (4.2; 7.7) 8.8 (6.8; 11.1) 7.9 (5.8; 10.5) 10.8 (8.4; 13.6) 10.2 (7.5; 13.3) 12.9 (10.1; 16.1)
 Leukemia 1.0 (− 0.2; 2.4) 0.7 (− 0.1; 1.7) 1.2 (− 0.2; 2.8) 0.8 (− 0.2; 1.9) 1.5 (− 0.3; 3.3) 0.9 (− 0.2; 2.2) 1.8 (− 0.3; 3.8) 1.1 (− 0.2; 2.5)
 Lung 0.8 (0.3; 1.5) 1.8 (1.0; 3.2) 1.1 (0.4; 2.1) 2.4 (1.4; 4.1) 1.5 (0.6; 2.7) 3.1 (1.8; 4.9) 1.9 (0.8; 3.4) 3.6 (2.3; 5.7)
 Lung adjusted (NS) 0.1 (0.03; 0.2) 0.2 (0.1; 0.4) 0.1 (0.05; 0.3) 0.4 (0.2; 0.6) 0.2 (0.1; 0.4) 0.6 (0.3; 0.9) 0.3 (0.1; 0.6) 0.8 (0.5; 1.2)
 Breast 5.0 (2.6; 8.6) 6.0 (3.2; 10.1) 6.7 (3.6; 11.1) 7.4 (3.9; 12.0)
EAR (w = 0)
 All solid cancer 2.3 (1.7; 3.1) 3.1 (2.4; 3.9) 3.2 (2.3; 4.3) 4.2 (3.3; 5.3) 4.2 (3.0; 5.6) 5.6 (4.4; 6.9) 5.4 (3.9; 7.2) 7.1 (5.6; 8.8)
 Leukemia 0.6 (− 0.01; 1.1) 0.4 (0; 0.8) 0.7 (− 0.01; 1.3) 0.4 (0; 0.9) 0.7 (− 0.01; 1.4) 0.5 (0.0; 1.0) 0.8 (− 0.01; 1.6) 0.5 (0.0; 1.1)
 Lung 0.3 (0.1; 0.6) 0.4 (0.2; 0.7) 0.5 (0.2; 0.9) 0.6 (0.4; 0.9) 0.7 (0.3; 1.3) 0.9 (0.6; 1.3) 1.0 (0.4; 1.8) 1.3 (0.8; 1.8)
 Lung adjusted (NS) 0.3 (0.1; 0.6) 0.4 (0.2; 0.7) 0.5 (0.2; 0.9) 0.6 (0.4; 0.9) 0.7 (0.3; 1.3) 0.9 (0.6; 1.3) 1.0 (0.4; 1.8) 1.3 (0.8; 1.8)
 Breast 0.5 (0.3; 0.8) 0.6 (0.4; 1.0) 0.8 (0.5; 1.3) 1.0 (0.6; 1.6)

The weights, w, for the mixed ERR and EAR (ERR: EAR) are: all solid cancer (0.5: 0.5), leukemia (0.5: 0.5), lung and lung adjusted for non-smoking (NS) (0.3: 0.7), breast (0: 1)