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Table 4

Present Knowa Location of Rongelap and Utirik People Under Study
Rongelap and
Ailingnae exposed
Adults
(age >19)

Children
(age 12-19)

Ebeye

Rongelap
Uurik
Otheratolls
Total

of exposed
parent(s)

Adults
(age >19)

Chiidren
(age C19)

38

15!

75
0
8

0
56
5

0
26
5

193
82
33

136

85

48

517

20

+1

52

21°

60

bi5

37
0
Ik

Total

8

35

34
0
0

Children
(age 12-19)

9

21

5
0
\

Adults
(age > 19)

9

Lt

22
0
3

Uurik exposed

12

12

5

4

7

Majuro

Rongelap unexposed

Children

15

*Twoof the 23 children moved up to the adult group.
Table 5
Percent Distribution by Age and Sex of Rongelap Populations Under Study. 1966
Rongelap and Ailingnae exposed

Males
Age group

Unexposed

Females

Males

Females

No.

Fo

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

> 12-20

15

20.6

14

19.2

20

12.5

24

15.0

41-50

4

5.5

6

8.2

12

7.5

8

5.0

21-30
31-40

3
9

51-60
61-70
> 70

Total

4.1
6.8

3
2
l

6.8
2.7
1.4

35

47.9

y
4

l
3
1

38

12.3
3.5

13
16

1.4
4.1
1.4

52.1

7
10
3

4.4
6.3
3.1

83

51.9

Children of exposed parent(s)

<12

28

2ht

Percent in total population:

32
28x 100

8.1
10.0

12
15

7.5
9.4

9
5
4

77

5.6
3.1
2.5

48.1

Children of unexposed parents

24.1°
28

384 = 133

and later surgery in Boston: 3 in the summer of
1965 and 5 in the summerof 1966. These cases
will be discussed in detail below.
Deaths

Table 6 lists the times and causes of death in
both exposed and comparison populations. The
deaths subsequent to the 1964 survey were as
follows.
A 77-year-old woman in the Ailingnae group
(No. 43) died of pneumonia. She had hadarterio-

6i

23.1°

43

16.3°

« 100= 31.1; etc.

sclerotic heart disease, asthma, and marked pe-

ripheral sclerosis with occlusion ofthe right radial

artery, and was quite senile. A 79-year-old exposed womanin the Ailingnae group (No. 28) died
in December 1965 of cardiac decompensation. She
had developed ankle edema, dyspnea, cough, and
anorexia prior to death. A 77-year-old exposed
man, also in the Ailingnae group (No. 29), died in
February 1966, probably of asthma.
In the comparison population, a 61-year-old
woman (No. 893) died of acute cellulitis of the

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