12 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