Table 1 Percentage of lung cancer deaths attributable to indoor radon according to smoking status and gender
From: Attributable risk of lung cancer deaths due to indoor radon exposure
Country (reference) | Mean indoor radon (Bq/m3) | Model used in risk estimation | Ever-smokers | Never-smokers | Ever- and never-smokers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |||
United States | |||||||||||
([2], 1999) | 46 | BEIR VI, EAC | 12.5 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 25.8 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 13.9 |
BEIR VI, EAD | 8.7 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 18.9 | 19.7 | 19.1 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 9.8 | ||
Netherlands | |||||||||||
([18], 2001) | 23 | Two-mutation carcinogenesis model | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Sweden | |||||||||||
([18], 2001) | 110 | Two-mutation carcinogenesis model | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 24 | 20 |
Canada | |||||||||||
([15], 2005) | 28 | BEIR VI, EAC | - | - | 7.3 | - | - | 13.5 | - | - | 7.8 |
([1], 2012) | 42 | EPA model | 15.3 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 29.5 | 27.8 | 28.4 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
([17], 2013) | 43 | BEIR VI, EAC | - | - | 12.3 | - | - | 21.9 | - | - | 13.6 |
France | |||||||||||
([16], 2006) | 89 | BEIR VI, EAC | - | - | 11 | - | - | 50 | - | - | 13 |
BEIR VI, EAD | - | - | 8 | - | - | 36 | - | - | 9 | ||
European pooling study | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||
Germany | |||||||||||
([14], 2008) | 49 | European pooling study | 5.0 | 5.2 | - | 5.2 | 5.2 | - | - | - | 5.0 |
Switzerland | |||||||||||
([14], 2008) | 78 | European pooling study | 8.2 | 8.6 | - | 8.8 | 8.8 | - | - | - | 8.3 |
United Kingdom | |||||||||||
([20], 2009) | 21 | BEIR VI, EAC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 |
European pooling study | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.3 | ||
Portugal | |||||||||||
([21], 2012) | 81 | BEIR VI, EAC | 25 | 23 | - | 40 | 38 | - | 27 | 34 | - |
BEIR VI, EAD | 18 | 17 | - | 31 | 29 | - | 20 | 27 | - | ||
South Korea | |||||||||||
([19], 2015) | 62 | BEIR VI, EAC | 18.6 | 18.5 | - | 33.2 | 32.8 | - | 19.5 | 28.2 | - |
BEIR VI, EAD | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13.5 | 20.4 | - | ||
European pooling study | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.3 | 8.3 | - | ||