Residential radon and environmental burden of disease among Non-smokers

Table 3 Estimated arithmetic mean PAR %, deaths, ELRR, and YLL attributable to residential radon for Ontario by smoking status

Geographical region	Smoking status	PAR %	Deaths (95 % CI)	ELRR	YLL
Ontario	Combined^a	13.6	847 (686, 1,039)	0.161	0.164
	Never	21.9	102 (85, 124)	0.291	0.066
	Ever	12.3	708 (570, 869)	0.143	0.198
HU1 (Highest PAR %)	Combined^a	25.3	21 (18.2, 24.9)
	Never	40.9	3 (2.2, 2.9)
	Ever	22.9	18 (15.0, 20.7)
HU2 (Lowest PAR %)	Combined^a	9.1	24 (18.8, 31.3)
	Never	15.8	3 (2.4, 3.9)
	Ever	8.2	20 (15.4, 25.9)

Data are shown for Ontario and two selected health units with the highest (HU1) and lowest (HU2) PAR % values among all 36 health units. The number of deaths are rounded to the nearest whole number
PAR % population attributable risk percent, ELRR excess life-time risk ratio, YLL years of life lost, CI confidence interval
^aCombined (Both never and ever)

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