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