B.

BEIR-111

1.

Cancer (Table V-4 of Typescript

Edition)

Lifetime Risk of Cancer Death
(deaths/106/rad)
Continous

Single exposure to

to 1 rad/yr

10 rad

Absolute

Relative

226

67

182*

167

501

158

430*

10

28

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---

Model

Absolute

L-Q, L~-L

77

L-L, L-L
Q-L, ~

*

Relati,ve

In printed version these were 169 and 403, respectively.

the risk coefficients

2.

xposure

We used

that were derived for continuous exposure.

Birth Defects--pages

166-169 (mean parental age = 30 Years)

1 rem per generation

(1 rem parental exposure) per 106 live off-

spring 5 to 75 birth defects, this is 0.0005--0.0075%--First
generation.

Since the spontaneous rate is given as 10.7%, in the U.S. population, 1 rem will increase the rate from 10.7% to 10.7005--10.7075%.
0.0005 =
,0 7
.
=
0.0007
=
0.07%
increase.
0.000047 = 0.0047% increase and 0i~~~5

In terms of the spontaneous rate 1 rem per generation gives

IV.

CALCULATIONS
OF RISK

Table 1 gives the radiation dose values provided by Dr. Robison for use
in developing estimates of increased health risks in the Bikini population.

A.

Risks for 14 Different Living Conditions

1.

Cancer Risks

Table 3 shows the calculations

for estimates of increased cancer

risk for 14 different living conditions.

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