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. 2022 Mar 25;12:5169. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09122-y

Table 5.

The estimates of lung cancer deaths attributable to indoor radon exposure from 2015—2019 in the eight provinces of upper northern Thailand (UNT).

Number of lung cancer deaths attributable to:
All Only smoking Smoking and radon Only radon Others Radon
n n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
UNT 10,164 2580 25 571 6 2193 22 4820 47 2764 27
Male 6115 2093 34 475 8 1127 18 2420 40 1602 26
Female 4049 537 13 111 3 1017 25 2384 59 1128 28
Phrae 835 190 23 69 8 244 29 332 40 313 37
Male 548 168 31 62 11 136 25 182 33 198 36
Female 287 26 9 11 4 102 36 148 52 113 39
Phayao 998 343 34 116 12 219 22 320 32 335 34
Male 584 314 54 106 18 67 11 97 17 173 30
Female 414 30 7 16 4 142 34 226 55 158 38
Chiang Rai 1911 568 30 158 8 427 22 758 40 585 31
Male 1111 468 42 132 12 186 17 325 29 318 29
Female 800 132 17 36 5 225 28 407 51 261 33
Chiang Mai 2769 581 21 139 5 675 24 1374 50 814 29
Male 1572 417 27 102 6 353 22 700 45 455 29
Female 1197 165 14 38 3 319 27 675 56 357 30
Nan 869 153 18 29 3 190 22 497 57 219 25
Male 530 134 25 25 5 103 19 268 51 128 24
Female 339 40 12 4 1 86 25 209 62 90 27
Mae Hong Son 287 77 27 15 5 56 20 139 48 71 25
Male 183 50 27 10 5 36 20 87 48 46 25
Female 104 30 29 4 4 22 21 48 46 26 25
Lampang 1571 706 45 111 7 186 12 568 36 297 19
Male 1004 591 59 92 9 78 8 243 24 170 17
Female 567 117 21 19 3 108 19 323 57 127 22
Lamphun 924 142 15 24 3 195 21 563 61 219 24
Male 583 130 22 22 4 112 19 319 55 134 23
Female 341 27 8 4 1 79 23 231 68 83 24