o > it re ee 8 en A eeie a me ee sn Swe ecae . sandindt ao 12 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