RMI Nuclear Justice Documents

Summary of Thyroid Abnormalities in the Marshallese, 1981
Age, 1954

No.

Total Nodules
No.

z

Carcinoma

%

Hypofunction
No.

&

Rongelap
<10
10-18
>18
Total

22
12
33
67

17
3
3
23

77.3
25.0
9.1
34.3

]
1
2
4

4.5
8.3
6.1
6.0

7
l
li
19

2

28 .6

4
6

36.4
31.6

29
13
44
' 86

19
3
7
29

65.5
23.1
15.9
33.7

1
]
2
4

3.4
7.7
4.5
4.7

64
21
79
164

5
3
9
17

4.7
14.2
11.4
9.1

]
1
1
3

1.6
4.8
1.3
1.8

2.6
7.6
7.9
5.8

2
1
2
5

0.9
1.3
0.7
0.8

3

13.6

4
7

11.8
10.4

1
]

9.0
5.2

3

10.3

5
8

11.4
9.3

Allingnae
<10
10-18
>18
Total

Rongelap + Ailingnae
<10
10-18
>18
Total
Utirik
<10
10-18
>18
Total

Matched Controls, Unexposed
<10
10-18
>18
Total

229
79
292
600

6
6
23
35

1
1
2

1.5
0.3
0.3