., . .
Deaths in 30years
~=
Births in 30 years ##-=
&’x.=4���”7
=40
+1’x=325”
=300
For a population of 235:
Deaths in 30years
~=
Births in 30years
~
= 70.07 =
&’x
=
70
= 545.62 s 550
&’x
For a population of 350:
Deaths in 30 years ~$
Births in 30years
~’=
‘&,x
= 104.36 s1OO
= 812.63 ~800
h’x
RISK COEFFICIENTS
III.
At the time the Bikini book was prepared no agency in the U.S. government
had accepted the risk coefficients in BEIR-111.
to use risk coefficients from BEIR-I.
Thus we were constrained
While not included in the printed
book, risk estimates based on BEIR-111 were calculated for comparison
purposes.
A.
The following gives the origin of
BEIR-I
1.
Cancer (Tables 3-3 and 3-4)
Cancer deaths/year in U.S.
from 0.1 rem/year
(pop = 197,863,000)
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Absolute
Leukemia
Relative
516
738
1210
2436
1485
8340
Other Cancers
30 year
elevated risk
lifetime