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Table 4

Present KnownLocation of Rongelap and Utirik People Under Study
Rongelap and

Ailingnae exposed

Rongelap unexposed

Utirik exposed

Adults
(age >19)

Children
(age 12-19)

Children
of exposed
parent(s)

7
20

4
11

5
21

12
35

12
41

9
15

9
8

58
131

0
3

0
1

0
0

0
11

0
8

56
5

26
5

82
33

136

85

48

Mayjuro
Ebeye

Rongelap

Utirik
Otheratolls
Total

22

5

52

Adults
(age >19)

Children
(age <19)

Adults
(age >19)

34

21*

37

60

115

75

Children
(age 12-19)

0

Total

0

193

317

“Two of the 23 children moved up to the adult group.
Tabie 5
Percent Distribution by Age and Sex of Rongelap Populations Under Study. 1966
Rongelap and Ailingnae exposed
Males
Age group

> 12-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
> 70

Females

Males

No.

%

No.

%

15
3
5
4
5
2

20.6
4.1
6.8
3.5
6.8
2.7

14
9
4
6
1
3

19.2
12.3
5.5
8.2
1.4
4.1

35

47.9

38

52.1

1

Total

.

Unexposed

1.4

|

No.

1.4

%

No.

%

20
13
16
12
7
10

12.5
8.1
10.0
7.5
4.4
6.3

24
12
15
8
9
5

15.0
7.5
9.4
5.0
5.6
3.1

83

51.9

77

48.1

5

‘Children of exposed parent(s)

<12
*Pp

28

21.1*

:
tan:
ercent in
total population:

32
28x 100
—_—
354387 20032

24.1*

2.5

61

23.1*

43

16.3*

28

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 hadarterioeames!

4

—~
133 > 100= 21.1; etc.

1965 and 5 in the summer of 1966. These cases
will be discussed in detail below.

_

3.1

Children of unexposed parents

and later surgery in Boston: 3 in the summerof

5008246

.

Females

sclerotic heart disease, asthma, and marked pe-

ripheralsclerosis 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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