Deaths in 30 years 164 ~ 160 Births in 30 years 1277 ~ 1300 For a population of 140 (the number that returned to Bikini): if L —_| Deaths in 30 years wea > xX = 41.7 ~ 40 Births in 30 verso = Ta0° X * 3B, ~ 300 For a population of 235: Deaths in 30 years, ee aE° x = 70.07 ~~70 Births in 30 years, par~ = Xe, x = 545.62 ~ 550 For a population of 350: 164 X Deaths in 30 years, 550° 350° * = 104.36 —100 Births in 30 years, 2/2 = X , x = 812.63,. 800 III. Risk Co efficients a © Co —— cara“ CAMS At the time the Bikini book was prepared no agency in the U.S. government had accepted the risk coefficients in BEIR-III. to use risk coefficients from BEIR-I. Thus we were constrained While not included in the printed book, risk estimates based on BEIR-III were calculated for comparison purposes. The following gives the origin of the risk coefficients used.