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Figure 4: Europe and the Mediterranean, the “Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97)” mortality rate for 2012 (black isolines), and its statistically significant correlation with annual alpha particle flux (red isolines) for the studied interval 2011 – 2019 Figure 5: The high statistically significant correlation between annual fluxes of cosmic alpha radiation and the “Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97)” mortality rate for the EUROSTAT NUTS-2 region Steiermark, Austria, indicates the presence of a causal relationship between the two phenomena 230 235 240 245 250 255 260 0,0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Mortality rate, number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants Alpha particle flux, (number of particles).cm -2 .s -1 .sr -1 .MeV -1 Year Eurostat NUTS-2 region: Steiermark, Austria. Annual alpha particle flux and mortality rate from Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97), correlation coefficient 0,791, significance level 0,05 Annual monthly averaged alpha particles flux (EPS, cannel A1), GOES -10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Steiermark Global Journal of Science Frontier Research ( A ) XXIV Issue IV Version I Year 2024 25 © 2024 Global Journals Solar Alpha Particle Radiation Increases Human Mortality – Examples from the Neoplasms Mortality in the Europe and Mediterranean