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Table 5 Probabilities of causation

From: A case of chronic myeloid leukemia in a diagnostic radiographer

1990-1996 (Estimation)

Type of disease

1st

5th

50th

90th

95th

99th

17.48 mSv/year

Leukemia, except CLL*

32.96%

37.79%

49.81%

58.29%

60.36%

65.01%

CML

25.95%

35.95%

58.83%

73.00%

76.28%

81.73%

6.02 mSv/year

Leukemia, except CLL

26.94%

31.29%

42.65%

51.23%

53.35%

58.31%

CML

25.66%

35.26%

57.28%

71.12%

74.51%

80.00%

  1. *CLL, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
  2. Note: 17.48 mSv/year is the highest value of estimation, i.e., the radiation in 2003, and 6.02 mSv/year is the mean value of radiation for the period from 1997 to 2012.