APPENDIX 1
Rongelap Group and Control Mean Blood Counts by Day and by Age
Male
Male
Female
Total
<3
DS
<3
>3
<5
35
<!0
10
allages
group
<5
>}
<5
35
90 82
49 6.2
6.6 7.1
59 63
39 65
6.7 7.2
7.0 74
3.7 6.1
76 78
65 62
5.7 55
32°52
59 58
6.7 56
70 60
77 60
76 65
—
8.5 66
10.1 81
118 86
8.6 6.9
89 75
13.5 95
— 65
13.2 9.7
10.7 76
——
140 89
98 69
11.2 80
13.7 10.1
64
—3.5
35
3.2
3.40
43
3.0
40
31
3.0
20
26
26
35
39
38
—
46
4.7
59
4.10
33
69
—
48
54
—_—
70
40
40
6.2
47
=
45
39
4.1
4.7
3.0
3.9
53
3.8
3.3
2.6
3.3
3.5
3.5
3.6
4.0
=
4.2
48
48
3.7
3.4
48
35
48
5.2
—
44
34
36
53.2
1.8
—26
2.10
24
24°
2.6
23
3.2
3.2
2.6
29
3.1
3.4
3.7
3.7
3.3
—3.6
46
47
3.7
46
6.0
—7.4
4.7
—
5.6
4.7
6.2
6.2
2.2
=
21
17
19
211
2.1
18
2.1
2.0
2.0
23
2.4
2.1
24
23
2.2
—
2.2
28
3.1
2.7
3.6
4.0
27
41
3.7
—
34
29
37
4.1
—
—
28.2
—
27.1
21.8
16.8
13.2
14.1
17.9
25.5
26.8
24.6
22.4
_
23.1
_
26.2
24.4
26.6
30.0
32.0
32.5
32.3
—_
41.2
35.0
37.5
35.5
32.6
38.8
35.8
—
—
22.7
—
21.3
iS
14.6
12.9
12.3
16.6
22.0
20.9
20.6
17.5
_—
18.2
_
21.7
20.3
19.5
21.4
22.1
27.1
24.4
—
25.8
27.3
24.5
24.2
26.9
30.7
28.0
—
—
24.9
—
21.7
21.8
6.2
10.9
11.8
15.1
22.4
23.2
23.9
21.2
—
20.2
—
24.7
23.2
27.6
25.5
28.1
30.8
27.6
—
36.5
30.9
29.4*
34.2
30.0
34.0
33.6
—
—
24.8
—
22.5
21.0
15.3
11.9
12.3
16.0
22.8
23.2
23.1
20.3
—
20.1
—
24.1
22.6
24.9
24.7
—
—
_
—
33.4
30.4
27.6
29.5
—
_
—
08
2.9
42
3.0
2.7
1.9
19
15
17
0.9
Lt
10
2.5
17
05
l4
07
2.7
12
15S
2.7
—
2.0
19
—
14
14
2.3
3.7
03
—
17
5.4
2.3
47
2.0
61.6
09
61.6
0.9
Lt
61.0
1.6
1.2
09
——
11
1.3
1.5
0.7
ob
2.0
0.6
2.0
1.7
—_
15
07
Ll
2.4
0.1
—16
1.9
Ll
3.5
2.3
18
3.4
2.6
0.5
14
li
08
03
3.4
2.5
6.7
96
64
7.9
7.0
—
95
4.2
_. 12.8
6.2
7.0
6.2
07
=
1.6
1.9
oo13
1.6
18
13
2.2
2.2
-1.0
08
0.5
07
=
0.6
19
1.6
28
53
45
4.0
5.0
27
47
48
=—
66
4.0
45
6.0
*Excluding pregnancy.
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Platelets
{x 10")
Monocytes
(x 1077)
Eosinophils
(«10-73
Nee
Lymphocytes
(x 107)
aay Tt ve
3
7
10
12
15
i8
22
F
26
30
33
39
43
47
51
56
63
70
74
6-mo survey
l-yr survey
2-yr survey
3-yr survey
4-yr survey
3-yr survey
6-yr survey
Majuro controls
Rita controls, 6 mo
ita controls, { yr
Cu controls, 2 yr
Rongelap controls, 3 yr
Rongelap controls, 4 yr
Rongelap controls, 5 yr
Neutrophils
(x 10735
~.
Postexposure dav
WBC
(x 10783