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|  DOE-HDBK-1131-98
General Employee Radiological Training
Instructor's Guide
a.
Loss of life expectancy due to
various causes (Expressed in
days)
Health Risk and Estimated
Days of Life Expectancy
Being unmarried male
3500 days
Smoking (1 pack/day)
2250 days
Being unmarried female
1600 days
Being a coal miner
1100 days
15% overweight
777 days
Alcohol (US average)
365 days
Being a construction worker
227 days
Driving a motor vehicle
205 days
All industry
60 days
Radiation 100 mrem/yr
(for 70 yr) 10 days
Coffee (US Average)
6 days
b.
The following activities create a
risk of 1 in a million chances of
dying
Smoking 1.4 cigarettes (lung
cancer)
Eating 40 tablespoons of
peanut butter
Eating 100 charcoal broiled
steaks
Spending 2 days in New
York City (air pollution)
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