Deaths in 30years
~=
=&j
, x,= 41.7s40
Births in 30 years —=+x=325.
~~~7
z300
For a population of 235:
Deaths in 30years
164 _ X
x = 70.07” x
~—
235 ‘
1277
Births in 30 years ~
_
-
70
&
= 545.62s
235 ‘ x
550
For a population of 350:
164 _ X
Deaths in 30 years ~5D- ~
Births in 30years
&
~=
x = 104.36 =100
,
, X = 812.63 =5800
RISK COEFFICIENTS
III.
At the time the Bikini book was prepared no agency in the U.S. government
had accepted the risk coefficients
to use risk
coefficients
from BEIR-I.
book, risk estimates based on
purposes.
A.
in
BEIR-111.
Thus we were constrained
While not included in the printed
BEIR-111 were calculated
for comparison
The following gives the origin of the risk coefficients
used.
BEIR-I
1.
Cancer (Tables 3-3 and 3-4)
Derived
Cancer deaths/year
Cancer deaths/106 person
in U.S.
rem
from 0.1 rem/year
(pop = 197,863,000)
,,
Absolute
Leukemia
Relative
Absolute
26’!
Relative
37
516
738
1210
2436
61
123
1485
8340
75
421
Other Cancers
30 year
elevated risk
lifetime
elevated risk