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Rensselaer County
Indoor Radon Estimates
Percent Homes Above 4 pCi/L
June 1999

Town or City
homes
measured
living area*
basement**
best
estimate
(%)
range #
(%)
best
estimate
(%)
range #
(%)
Berlin town 8 14 (8 - 21) 48 (37 - 58)
Brunswick town 94 17 (13 - 20) 46 (42 - 50)
East Greenbush town 96 15 (13 - 17) 37 (34 - 40)
Grafton town 12 12 (7 - 17) 40 (32 - 47)
Hoosick town 19 7 (4 - 11) 34 (25 - 43)
Nassau town 18 12 (7 - 17) 35 (29 - 43)
North Greenbush town 101 20 (17 - 23) 49 (46 - 53)
Petersburg town 11 12 (7 - 18) 46 (36 - 55)
Pittstown town 14 13 (8 - 18) 43 (34 - 51)
Poestenkill town 22 19 (14 - 26) 57 (48 - 65)
Rensselaer city 18 9 (6 - 14) 34 (26 - 42)
Sand Lake town 63 15 (12 - 19) 40 (36 - 45)
Schaghticoke town 28 16 (12 - 22) 52 (44 - 60)
Schodack town 154 21 (19 - 24) 53 (50 - 56)
Stephentown town 14 16 (11 - 22) 49 (41 - 59)
Troy city 150 14 (11 - 16) 35 (32 - 38)
           
Rensselaer county 822 15   41  

* Long-term measurement, 90 days to one year.

**Short-term measurement, typically 2 to 7 days.

# Uncertainty range of one sigma corresponds to a 68% confidence interval.


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