Table 3. Mortality Among Rongelap and Utirik People (as of 1980). (Possible causes comprise diseases noted in the medical records which might be etiologically related to death. AE = Ailinginae exposed. NC = not confirmed by biopsy or autopsy.) Subject No. Year A. & sex Age Possible causes 46 78 35 60 60 84 21 75 Heart disease Heart disease, diabetes Acute varicella Ovarian cancer Cancer of cervix - NC Heart disease Accident Accident 77 79 77 88 71 58 Pneumonia, heart disease Heart disease Asthma, heart failure Heart disease Cancer of uterus — NC Influenza~pneumonia Rongelap exposed 1956 1957 1958 1959 1962 1962 1962 1962 1963 1963 1964 1965 1966 1966 1966 1968 1971 1972 25 38 31 62 30 46 26 56 M M M - AE F F M M F 43 28 29 55 13 59 F F M M F F 60 68 58 82 F M F M 52 F 57 F - AE - AE - AE - AE Poliomyelitis, bulbar "Old age" (7) 51 19 Acute asphyxiation, cause unknown Acute myelogenous leukemia 2118 M 2219 F 2222 F 24 57 63 ? ? ? 1959 1959 1959 2122 M 2127 M 2170 M 87 73 46 61 2 ? ? Pulmonary bronchiectasis, chronic 1960 1960 2116 F 2131 F 27 35 ? ? 1972 1974 1977 1980 50 M - AE 54 M 55 107 74 64 82 75 Heart disease Cancer, stomach ? Liver disease ASHD B. Utirik exposed 1956 |. 1957 1957 1958 1959 1960 2243 M 2187 F 2180 M 50 Drowning 76 CVA bronchitis Asthmatic (?) - 13-