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Lung cancer incidence attributable to residential radon exposure in Alberta in 2012

Anne Grundy, Kevin Brand, Farah Khandwala, Abbey Poirier, Sierra Tamminen, Christine M. Friedenreich and Darren R. Brenner
June 29, 2017 5 (2) E529-E534; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20160053
Anne Grundy
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research (Grundy, Khandwala, Poirier, Tamminen, Friedenreich, Brenner), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta.; Telfer School of Management (Brand), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Oncology (Friedenreich, Brenner) and Department of Community Health Sciences (Friedenreich, Brenner), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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Kevin Brand
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research (Grundy, Khandwala, Poirier, Tamminen, Friedenreich, Brenner), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta.; Telfer School of Management (Brand), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Oncology (Friedenreich, Brenner) and Department of Community Health Sciences (Friedenreich, Brenner), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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Farah Khandwala
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research (Grundy, Khandwala, Poirier, Tamminen, Friedenreich, Brenner), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta.; Telfer School of Management (Brand), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Oncology (Friedenreich, Brenner) and Department of Community Health Sciences (Friedenreich, Brenner), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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Abbey Poirier
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research (Grundy, Khandwala, Poirier, Tamminen, Friedenreich, Brenner), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta.; Telfer School of Management (Brand), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Oncology (Friedenreich, Brenner) and Department of Community Health Sciences (Friedenreich, Brenner), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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Sierra Tamminen
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research (Grundy, Khandwala, Poirier, Tamminen, Friedenreich, Brenner), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta.; Telfer School of Management (Brand), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Oncology (Friedenreich, Brenner) and Department of Community Health Sciences (Friedenreich, Brenner), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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Christine M. Friedenreich
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research (Grundy, Khandwala, Poirier, Tamminen, Friedenreich, Brenner), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta.; Telfer School of Management (Brand), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Oncology (Friedenreich, Brenner) and Department of Community Health Sciences (Friedenreich, Brenner), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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Darren R. Brenner
Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research (Grundy, Khandwala, Poirier, Tamminen, Friedenreich, Brenner), CancerControl Alberta, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alta.; Telfer School of Management (Brand), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Department of Oncology (Friedenreich, Brenner) and Department of Community Health Sciences (Friedenreich, Brenner), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
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    Table 1: Mean radon concentrations in Alberta and by Alberta Health Services zone as measured in the 2009-2011 Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes13
    RegionGeometric mean concentration, Bq/m3Geometric standard deviation
    Alberta71.02.14
    South Zone72.42.10
    Calgary Zone64.92.21
    Central Zone78.52.12
    Edmonton Zone70.21.86
    North Zone69.02.19
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    Table 2: Range of population attributable risks and total number of lung cancer cases attributable to radon exposure in Alberta in 2012
    SexSmoking status*Population attributable risk % quantileNo. of observed cases†No. of excess attributable cases‡
    2.55.050.095.097.5Mean
    BothCombined9.410.215.626.129.816.61952324
    BothEver9.29.914.923.425.815.61757274
    BothNever13.314.623.639.043.424.819548
    MenCombined10.110.916.226.229.017.0953162
    MenEver9.610.315.423.826.416.0856137
    MenNever15.516.825.040.240.226.29525
    WomenCombined8.89.514.825.428.415.8999158
    WomenEver9.09.814.622.625.415.3900138
    WomenNever13.915.023.338.543.524.610025

    Note: CI = confidence interval.

    *Combined data on the proportion of ever and never smokers in Alberta obtained from the 2000-2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007-2008 cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey.

    †Cancer incidence data obtained from the Alberta Cancer Registry. Values for "combined" smoking status represent observed number of incident cases. The observed number for ever and never smokers was estimated by assuming that 90% of lung cancer cases occur in ever smokers. Values of this variable for ever and never smokers thus represent estimates applying these proportions and are not true incidence counts.

    ‡Number of lung cancer cases attributable to radon exposure. Calculated as number of observed cases multiplied by mean population attributable risk percent.

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      Table 3: Range of population attributable risks and total number of lung cancer cases attributable to radon exposure by Alberta Health Services zone, 2012
      Zone; sex and smoking statusPopulation attributable risk % quantileNo. of observed casesNo. of excess attributable cases
      2.55.050.095.097.5Mean
      South Zone
      Men and women combined9.510.315.525.427.916.318730
          Ever9.410.214.923.125.015.216826
          Never14.015.023.340.045.224.8195
      Calgary Zone
      Men and women combined9.09.815.325.428.216.255991
          Ever9.09.614.323.726.615.250376
          Never13.414.522.238.341.823.85613
      Central Zone 
      Men and women combined10.010.616.125.428.216.727846
          Ever9.510.315.323.526.215.925040
          Never14.615.823.539.443.325.0287
      Edmonton Zone
      Men and women combined9.410.115.725.828.616.5680112
          Ever8.49.414.223.125.515.161292
          Never13.514.522.540.745.824.36816
      North Zone
      Men and women combined8.99.815.424.927.616.224840
          Ever9.19.815.023.825.715.722335
          Never13.514.623.340.042.524.4256

      Note: CI = confidence interval.

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