1. DOES GSM 1800 MHz AFFECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH IN SWEDEN? Örjan Hallberg, M.Sc. E.E. Polkavägen 14B, 142 65 Trångsund Sweden Olle Johansson, Assoc. Professor Experimental Dermatology Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden

2. The purpose of the study zTo see if changes in health characteristics fit the roll-out of GSM 1800 in Sweden y- Does it fit in time? y- Does it fit geographically?

3. How much do we talk by the mobile phone each year?

4. What is the average output pulse power from the phones?

5. A GSM coverage model was tuned to the data from Telia/Ericsson

6. Sick-days statistics from 1981 looks different...

7. But the sick-days statistics from 2002 fits very well

8. So, the sickness in Sweden seems to relate to the GSM coverage

9. And, funny enough, so it does also in Denmark and Norway

10. Some drugs sell like hell… e.g. Antidepressives

11. Pain killers on the rise...

12. The mortality trend for the age group 10-39 years was broken in 1997

13. The number of sick-registered started to increase in 1997

14. The trend-break is noticed all over Sweden...

15. For each county a specific break point was identified.

16. Increasing sickness since 1997

17. Company health statistics got worse in 1997

18. Traffic injuries in Stockholm are increasing

19. Both handheld and hands-free phones increase the reaction time while driving

20. Work-load related injuries are increasing

21. And it takes longer time to recover from a work related sickness or accident in the high power counties!

22. It also takes longer time to recover from a surgery operation in sparsely populated regions

23. The mortality due to external causes is higher in the countryside

24. Nerve system mortality

25. The number of deaths per year in Alzheimer’s disease is accelerating!

26. And especially so in high power counties

27. This is not the case for a completely different neuralgic disease, ALS.

28. And ALS shows no trendbreak

29. Prostate cancer has been increasing in Stockholm since 1997

30. But it has nothing to do with mobile phone output power!

31. So, if we look at leukemia, is there any trend-break? No - not at all!

32. Does the incidence increase by mobile output power? No!

33. So, to summarize zWhich health characteristics do fit with GSM1800? zAnd which ones don’t?

34. Can the mobile system possibly be accountable for all these problems?

35. Conclusions zThe data shows that the health of the whole Swedish population is threatened zSparsely populated counties are worse off zThe responsible authorities must seriously consider possible health implications from the GSM 1800 MHz system

36. Download graphs at: http://hir.nu/1800

37. Sick-days and cancer incidence in Sweden

38. The problem we see zHealth care costs are booming zThe mortality improvement among young people has come to an end zSparsely populated areas are unhealthy zIllness recovery times are increasing zAccidents happen more frequently z...

39. So, sick-days seem to relate to the output power from the mobile phone

40. Two questions regarding GSM zWhen did the mobile phone use really take off? zWhere in the country do mobile phones radiate the highest average output power?

41. Let’s now look at some health related facts zDrug sales zMortality zSickness

42. And so it does for all of Sweden

43. So, the sickness trend-break fits with GSM 1800 ramp up zWhat about the different counties in Sweden?

44. Exact when? August 1997 (?)

45. The average handset output power and sickness varies over the country

46. The sickness break-points and GSM 1800 roll-out zSickness break-points: Oct-97 to Jan-98 zGSM 1800 roll-out: Autumn -97 to Jan-98

47. The number of injured drivers in Sweden is increasing

48. What about work related injuries and sickness? zIs there a trend break? zIs it worse in counties with low population density?

49. The sickness varies among the counties in Sweden