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Table 2 Number of radon-attributable lung cancer deaths per year 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

11300

7600

18900

1200

1700

2900

12500

9300

21800

  

BEIR VI, EAD

7900

5400

13300

900

1200

2100

8800

6600

15400

Netherlands

 ([18], 2001)

23

Two-mutation carcinogenesis model

-

-

-

-

-

-

90

60

150

Sweden

 ([18], 2001)

110

Two-mutation carcinogenesis model

-

-

-

-

-

-

242

178

420

Canada

 ([15], 2005)

28

BEIR VI, EAC

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1400

 ([1], 2012)

42

EPA model

1639

1198

2837

166

258

424

1805

1456

3261

 ([17], 2013)

43

BEIR VI, EAC

-

-

708

-

-

139

-

-

847

France

 ([16], 2006)

89

BEIR VI, EAC

-

-

2578

-

-

759

-

-

3337

  

BEIR VI, EAD

-

-

1819

-

-

541

-

-

2361

  

European pooling study

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1234

Germany

 ([14], 2008)

49

European pooling study

1390

347

1737

32

127

159

1422

474

1896

Switzerland

 ([14], 2008)

78

European pooling study

164

54

218

5

8

13

169

62

231

United Kingdom

 ([20], 2009)

21

BEIR VI, EAC

-

-

-

-

-

-

1156

888

2044

  

European pooling study

-

-

-

-

-

-

637

473

1100

Portugal

 ([21], 2012)

81

BEIR VI, EAC

1627

308

1935

143

60

203

1769

369

2138

  

BEIR VI, EAD

1183

226

1409

111

46

157

1294

271

1565

South Korea

 ([19], 2015)

62

BEIR VI, EAC

-

-

-

-

-

-

26782

13695

40477

  

BEIR VI, EAD

-

-

-

-

-

-

18614

9947

28561

  

European pooling study

-

-

-

-

-

-

11906

4271

16177

  1. The values not presented in papers were left blank
  2. EAC exposure-age-concentration model, EAD exposure-age-duration model, EPA Environmental Protection Agency