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

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