Table 4 Characteristics of X-ray victims in the larger countries. n is number of victims; sd_m is standard deviation of the mean
From: Early X-ray workers: an effort to assess their numbers, risk, and most common (skin) affliction
Start of radiation work (years) | Age at death (years) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Average | sd_m | Median | n | Average | sd_m | Median | |
France | 48 | 1902.4 | 0.9 | 1902.0 | 58 | 55.6 | 1.6 | 55.5 |
Germany | 57 | 1905.5 | 1.3 | 1904.0 | 63 | 62.8 | 1.6 | 63.0 |
Great Britain | 40 | 1901.6 | 1.4 | 1898.0 | 40 | 60.9 | 2.1 | 62.0 |
Japan | 47 | 1920.0 | 1.3 | 1919.0 | 52 | 60.4 | 1.7 | 61.0 |
USA | 41 | 1901.0 | 1.3 | 1897.0 | 53 | 56.9 | 1.9 | 54.0 |
All countries | 317 | 1907.2 | 0.6 | 1903.0 | 372 | 58.7 | 0.7 | 59.5 |