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Tompkins 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 #
(%)
Caroline town 33 15 (11 - 19) 45 (40 - 51)
Danby town 27 11 (8 - 15) 39 (33 - 45)
Dryden town 166 10 (9 - 12) 41 (38 - 44)
Enfield town 18 10 (7 - 15) 39 (31 - 46)
Groton town 38 12 (9 - 16) 41 (36 - 47)
Ithaca city 188 6 (5 - 7) 29 (26 - 32)
Ithaca town 197 7 (6 - 8) 33 (30 - 35)
Lansing town 63 6 (4 - 7) 29 (24 - 34)
Newfield town 31 12 (9 - 16) 43 (38 - 49)
Ulysses town 66 7 (6 - 9) 32 (27 - 36)
           
Tompkins county 827 8   35  

* 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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