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Table 8
Births and Fetal Deaths* by Year

Year

Women aged 15-45

Live births

Total pregnancies

Children
—__
F
M

Miscarriages*

% Pregnancies
terminating
in miscarriage

i
_
2 |

Exposed?

1962

1963
1964
1965
19664

|
6

0
5

0
4

0
1

i
L

20
2}
22
22
24
23

6
5
L4
6
10
7

4
2
8
5
9
6

0
2
4
2
3
2

4
0
4
3
4
4

2
3
6
I
1
1

27
26
30
30

8
6
5
2

7
6
3
2

3
l
3
2

4
5
2
0

l
0
0
0

2+

4

4°

I

3

100
17

:
a

33
60
43
17
10
0

J

:
4G
i
it

25

12
0
0
0

,
4S
i
j

Unexposed
29
30

y
1}

7
9

6
4

1
5

1959

29

10

9

4

5

1961
1962

29
30

10
6

10
5

9
4

1
!

0
1

1964

32

12

10

8

2

2

\7

1966¢

32

l

0

0

0

1

100

1963

1965

29

32

32

9

10
6

7

4Includes stillbirths and neonatal deaths.

*Includes nonexposed females mated to exposed males.

‘Includes onlv children conceived after March |, 1954.

8
8

5

5

5
3

2

3

3
3

3

2

9008299

:

Ul

1

t

10

2

.

20
0
17

1

17

9

29

‘Includes data only through March 1966.
*Includes twins.

VitalStatistics on the Utirik Peopie

Since a new health aide was not able to locate
medical records covering the past 3 years, vital
statistics on the Utirik people were particularly
difficult to obtain. It appeared that 9 people ofthis
exposed group haddied over the past 2 years. The
causes of death could not be determined. This
makesa total of 24 deaths in the 157 people during the 12-year period since exposure. No major
epidemics of disease were reported. During the
summer of 1964 a numberof children developed
diarrhea, and in about 5 cases bloodystools,fever,
and vomiting were noted. No deaths occurred, and
the cases improved on antibiotic treatment.

1

j

Table 9
Sex Distribution of Rongelap Children Born Since 1954
(including somestillborn)
Sex of children
Parents

Male

Female

Exposed male and exposed female

13

12

Unexposed male and exposed female

12

15

Exposed male and unexposed female

3

7

Exposed female and unknown male

Unexposed male and unexposed female

2

61

25

44

|

on

1960

30

22
18

soem

1958

2
2

wegen ete ee

1956
1957

i

8 CE TE I Regie ake eee

1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961

19
20

ed RP

1954:
1955

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