Deaths in 30 years
164
xX
550° 140° *.7 41.7 = 40
Births in 30 years gov= a4, x = 325. = 300
For a population of 235:
Deaths in 30 years Zon = she, x = 70.07 = 70
Births in 30 years a642 = >%., x = 545.62 = 550
For a population of 350:
]
Deaths in
30 years 550
=
BD > x
XX
nee
50
Births in 30 years
IIT.
104.36
=
=
X = 812.63
,
?
100
800
RISK COEFFICIENTS
At the time the Bikini book was prepared no agency in the U.S. government
had accepted the risk coefficients in BEIR-III.
to use risk coefficients from BEIR-[.
Thus we were constrained
While not included in the printed
book, risk estimates based on BEIR-III were calculated for comparison
purposes.
A.
The following gives the origin of the risk coefficients used.
BEIR-I
1.
Cancer (Tables 3-3 and 3-4)
Derived
Cancer deaths/year in U.S.
Cancer deaths/10° person
from 0.1 rem/year
rem
(pop = 197,863,000)
.
Leukemia
,
x
‘
5
"
.
=
Other Cancers
30 year
elevated risk
lifetime
elevated risk
Absolute
516
Relative
738
Absolute
26°,
Relative
37
1210
2436
61
123
1485
8340
75
42]