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Schenectady 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 #
(%)
Duanesburg town 20 3 (2 - 5) 15 (11 - 21)
Glenville town 176 5.4 (4.5 - 6.4) 27 (24 - 29)
Niskayuna town 128 3 (2 - 4) 16 (14 - 19)
Princetown town 4 6 (3 - 11) 21 (14 - 27)
Rotterdam town 112 3.1 (2.5 - 3.9) 18 (15 - 21)
Schenectady city 141 2.1 (1.6 - 2.7) 12 (10 - 15)
           
Schenectady county 581 3   17  

* 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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