Modeling the Human Kinetic Adjustment Factor for Inhaled Volatile Organic Chemicals: Whole Population Approach versus Distinct Subpopulation Approach

Table 3

Reconstruction of the hypothetical populations of 100,000 people with the Canadian demographic profile.

	Canadian population in 2009^(a)
Subpopulation (age range)	Median age = 39.7 yr
	Population size (%)	Corresponding reconstructed population size and number (n) of Monte Carlo iterations
Adults (18–64)	21,685,253 (63.92)	63,923
Neonates (0–30 d)	31,303 (0.09)	93
Infants (1–12 mo)	344,329 (1.02)	1,015
Toddlers (1–3)	1,126,896 (3.32)	3,322
Children and adolescents (4–17)	5,382,420 (15.87)	15,866
Elderly (65–90)	4,634,673 (13.66)	13,662
Pregnant women^(b) (15–44)	718,950 (2.12)	2,119
TOTAL	33,923,824 (100)	100,000

(a)[30]. (b)Based on a pregnancy rate of 104/1,000 in U.S. women aged 15–44  yr [31].