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Table 1 Number of children from the 2008 birth cohort exposed to different levels of MeHg based on HHg concentrations in three French population samples

From: Economic evaluation of health consequences of prenatal methylmercury exposure in France

Distributions

HHg concentration ranges (μg/g)

Number of children (N)

(%)

National

Hg < 0.58

126,101

26

 

0.58 ≤ Hg < 1.0

244,529

50

 

1.0 ≤ Hg < 2.5

115,926

24

 

Hg ≥ 2.5

 5,087

1

 

All

491,643

100.00

Brittany

Hg < 0.58

285,228

38

 

0.58 ≤ Hg < 1.0

183,480

25

 

1.0 ≤ Hg < 2.5

265,212

36

 

Hg ≥ 2.5

10,008

1

 

All

743,928

100.00

LA

Hg < 0.58

203,496

29

 

0.58 ≤ Hg < 1.0

312,750

44

 

1.0 ≤ Hg < 2.5

171,804

24

 

Hg ≥ 2.5

15,846

2

 

All

703,896

100.00

  1. The Table1 presents the number of children from the 2008 birth cohort exposed to different levels of MeHg based on HHg concentrations in three French population samples. We noted that 58.95% of women of childbearing age corresponded to the national sample, 89% to the Brittany and 84% to the LA sample, respectively.