TABLE 8: DISTRIBUTION OF POSSIBLE CANCER DEATHS ACCORDING TO YEARS OF RESIDENCE ON RONGELAP Years on Rongelap A. COMPARISON GROUP Number of Persons 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 135 40 20 13 20-24 10 25-28 9 227 Total B. RONGELAP EXPOSED 0-4 5-9 Possible Cancer Deaths 7 0 0 “O ] 0 8 (13% of recorded deaths) 8 10 0 0 10-14 12 ] 15-19 20-24 25-28 13 30 10 83 0 3 1 5 (19% of recorded deaths) Tota] TABLE 9: COMPARISON AND EXPOSED GROUP — CANCER DEATHS Group A. Comparison No. in Group Total Deaths 227 63" Cancer Deaths Age at Death 8 28-68 A.1 Resident on Rongelap only during ‘57-61 42 12 ; 4 55-68 A.2 Resident in °57-’61 and for some time thereafter 109 32 2 51,63 A.3 Resident only after ’57-’61 47 5 ] 50 A.4 Never on Rongelap 29 13 ] 28 B. Exposed in 1954 86 26** 5 B.1 Like Al 8 3 ] 60 20) 4 19-71 B.2 Like A.2 73 - B.3 Like A.3 l 0 B.4 Like A4 } 0 * One death occurred five months after return to Rongelap. ** Three deaths occurred prior to return to Rongelap in 1957. 20