Table 2.
Length of stay on home island of unexposed Marshallese developing
thyroid nodules at age >12 (S=surgery).
Group (No.
in group)
Pt. No.
Rongelap (668)
Sex
Age (1979)
1573
M
F
40
938
F
40
46
ll
858
F
80(?)
1l
(died
858
4023
910
1007
1575
4014
1554
980
1524
4009
F
F
M
M
F
F
F
F.
M
M
(2)
45
49
68
73
62
60
28
38
35
13
2
6
12
0
Q
?
5
4
13
(7?)
882
Utirik (473)
M
48
24 (7?)
3074
3015
F
F
26
4]
5
2
829
841
F
867
F
29
Length of stay on island (yr)
0
3
3
51,
3006
M
F
51
14
3058
2279
3565
3555
F
M
F
F
52
23
24
23
13
15
?
?
3042
Wotje
5061
(162)
F
78
3
(2?)
1 (7)
26
(7?)
mrt
5030
F
M
M
26
33
MT
MT
5059
5074
3096
F
F
F
53
68
55
MT
MT
MT
F
68
MT
1970)
M
61
MT
F
M
73
91(7)
MT
MT
F
F
65
23
1954-1970
?
5027
5053
Likiep
(173 in
M
3023
1973)
36
MT
85(7)
MT
TMT = Probably most of the time.
*A small focus of "occult" cancer reported by a minority of pathologists.
Such occult lesions are not infrequently found at autopsy and are generally
considered to be of little clinical significance.
~ 106 -