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Table 7. Population-weighted average total dose (external plus internal, mGy) to adults of four groups of atolls and/or
communities (see Fig. 2). Grouping is based on similar levels of deposition of total '*’Cs (see Fig. 2). Input data derived
from Tables 2 and 5. Range in parentheses represents the minimum and maximum total dose within the groupofatolls
or communities. All values rounded to two significant digits.
Atoll or population

group

Southern latitude

Total dose to

Total dose to

Total dose to

RBM,

thyroid,

stomach wall,

Total dose

mGy(range)

mGy(range)

to colon,

Atolls of exposure

mGy(range)

mGy(range)

Ailinglaplap, Arno, Aur,
Ebon, Jaluit, Kili Island*,

(6.1-43)

30
(17-75)

10
(6.0—39)

14
(8.0—49)

(24-65)

130
(89-220)

38
(24-66)

56
(36-100)

160

890

170

340

1,000
(500-1,600)

5,900
(3,000-9,200)

1,400
(700—2,100)

2,800
(1,400-4,400)

(6.1-1,600)

124
(17-9,200)

32
(6.0—2,100)

56
(8.0—4,400)

Lae, Lib Island, Majuro”,
Maloelap, Mili, Namorik,

Namu, Ujae
Mid-latitude

Ailuk, Kwajalein, Likiep,
Mejit Island, Ujelang*,
Wotho, Wotje

Utrik community

Utrik and atoll of
relocation®

Rongelap Island/
Ailinginae/Rongerik
evacuees

Rongelap, Ailinginae,
Rongerik, and atolls
of relocation®

All

All

“Primary residence location of Bikini community during test years.
> Includes Majuro permanentresidents and Rongelap control group (see Table3).
© Primary residence location of Enewetak community during testing years.
4 See Table 3 for atolls of relocation.

from the mid-latitude atolls. Adults among the Rongelap
Island/Ailinginae/Rongerik evacuees received the largest cumulative doses, six to eight times as great as adults from Utrik.
Recognizing that the doses within each of the four
areas in Fig. 2 can be represented by the doses to Majuro

residents, Kwajalein residents, the Utrik community, and

the Rongelap Island community, Table 8 provides cumu-

lative radiation doses (external plus internal) at those

atolls for all birth years from 1930 to 1958. Those born
in or before 1930 would be of adult age at the time of the

Table 8. Total radiation absorbed doses (mGy) to four tissues and organs of representative persons by birth year (<1931
through 1958): sum of external and internal irradiation; all values rounded to two significant digits. Doses for Utrik and
Rongelap Island communities account for relocations.
Majuro residents

Kwajalein residents

Birth
year

RBM

Thyroid

Stomach

RBM

Thyroid

Stomach

Colon

<1931
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958

11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
13
5
1.5
0.88
0.41
0.30

33
33
33
33
33
34
34
39
39
40
40
42
43
43
43
44
44
53
33
54
55
55
68
61
25
5.6
4.0
1.0
0.62

11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
14
13
5
1.3
0.80
0.36
0.26

24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
28
28
28
28
29
29
29
25
23
23
22
24
23
11
3.1
1.9
0.82
0.55

89
93
93
93
93
95
95
109
109
110
111
121
123
124
124
125
135
160
139
121
122
122
157
148
74
13
8.6
1.6
1.0

24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
25
25
28
29
29
29
29
30
30
26
23
23
23
25
24
11
3.0
1.8
0.74
0.49

36
36
36
36
36
37
37
38
38
39
39
42
44
44
44
45
47
48
40
36
36
36
43
42
15
4.9
2.4
1.1
0.70

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