Table 7

Births and Fetal Deaths* by Year

Ye Pregnancies

Children

Year

Womenaged15-45

Total pregnancies

Live births

M

Miscarriages

F

terminating

in miscarriage

Exposed?
1954¢
1955
1956
1957
1958

19
20
20
21
22

1
6
6
5
14

0
3
4
2
8

0
4
0
2
4

0
1
4
0
4

lt
1
2
3
6

100
17
33
60
43

1960

24

10

9

rs)

4

I

10

1959

1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968

22

23
24
27
26
30
30
30
33

6

5

7
4
8
6
6
10
9
14

6
4
7
6
6
10
8
124

2
2

3

!

17

3
}
3
7
3
10

4
3
4
3
3
3
3
2

1
1
1
0
0
0
l
3

0
25
12
0
0
0
11
2

6
4
5
4
3

!
5
3
3
3

2
2
l
l
2

22
18
11
10
20

4

1

l

t7

2

15

Unexposed
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960

29
30
30
29
29

9
11
9
10
10

30

6

1961

"29

1963

32

1962

1964

1965
1966
1967
1968

32

32
32
38
46

10

6

13

10
7
9
14

alncludes stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

>Includes nonexposed females married to exposed males.

The occurrence of 4 miscarriages or stillbirths in
each of the two groups also conforms with the
incidence in recent years, the exposed women
showing no greater incidence than the unexposed
women.
Utirik

Vital statistics over the 3-year period for the

population at Utirik were not reliable since the
Health Aide had ieft the island the previous year
and taken the records. Apparently no unusual
epidemics occurred amongtheisland people, and
they escaped the Hong Kongflu. At least 6 deaths
occurred during the past 3 years, but the causes
could not be definitely ascertained. Of the original
157 people on Utirik at the time of exposure,

7
9
8
9
8

10

3

5

11

8
6
8
13

9

2

8

6
4
4
9

I

3

3

2
2
4
4

0
1

2
1
14
1

0

17

20
14
11
7

¢Inciudes only children conceived after March 1, 1954.

4Includes twins.

127 are now living. In addition some 100 Uutrik
people live on the island who were not exposed to
- fallout but moved back later. Quite a few Utirik
people now live on Ebeye and Majuro(see Table
3). Seven births were reported for the 3 years but
probably more had occurred. The generai health
status of the Utirik people and the sanitary conditions of the island appeared to be about the same
as 3 years before.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS - CHILDREN

Pediatric examinations were conducted on the
Marshallese subjects under the chronological age
of 20 years with the exception of adolescent girls
who were pregnant or who had had babies. The

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