APPENDIX |
Rongelap Group and Control Mean Blood Counts by Day and by Age
WBC
(«10°73
Postexposure day
3
?
10
12
15
18
22
26
30
33
39
43
47
31
36
63
70
74
6-mo survey
l-vr survey
2-vr survey
3-vr survey
4-vr survey
O-¥Pr Survey
6-vr survey
Majuro controls
Rita controls, 6 mo
Rita controls, | yr
Rita controls, 2 yr
Rongelap controls. 3 vr
Rongelap controls, + vr
Rongelap controls, 5 vr
(x10-')
Lymphocytes
Platelets
(x 10°?)
<5
D5
Male
<l0
Male
>I10
90 82
49 6.2
6.6 7.1
5.9 63
5.9 65
6.7 7.2
7.0 7.4
5.7 6.1
76 78
6.5 6.2
5.7 3.5
5.2 5.2
539 5.8
6.7 56
7.0 60
7.7 60
7.6 65
—~
85 6.6
10.1 81
{1.8 8.6
8.6 69
64
47
—
~
3.5
435
35
3.9
3.2
4.1
3.4
4.7
43
3.0
3.0
3.9
40
53
3.1
3.8
3.0
3.3
20
26
2.6
3.3
26
3.5
35
3.
3.9
3.6
38
4.
_
_—
46
4.2
47
0648
5.9
4.8
4.137
18
—_
26
2.)
2.4
2.4
26
2.3
3.2
3.2
26
29
3.1
34
3.7
3.7
3.3
—
36
46
47
3.7
2.2
—
2.1
1.7
19
2.1
2.1
18
21
2.0
2.0
2.3
2.4
21
24
23
2.2
—
2.2
28
31
27
—
_
28.2
—
27.1
21.8
16.8
13.2
4.1
17.9
25.5
26.8
24.6
22.1
—
23.1
—
26.2
24.4
26.6
30.0
32.0
89
13.50
3.3
bY
46
b.0
3.6
4.0
32.3
32.3
>5
7.35
9.3
— 65
13.2 97
10.7 7.6
_—
14.0 89
98 69
11.2 8.0
13.7 10.1
<5
—
48
5.4.
_
70
40
40
6.2
3.4
4.8
33
4.8
3.2
=
44
3.4
3.6
3.2
—7.400
47
~~
5.6
4.7
6.2
6.2
27
4.1
37
=
3.6
29
37
4.1
“Excluding pregnancy.
61
Monocytes
(x 10-*)
55
<5
-
Neutrophils
—
41.2
33.0
37.5
35.5
32.6
38.8
35.8
(x10)
Female
allages
Total
group
_—
—_—
22.7
—
21.3
19.1
14.6
12.9
12.3
16.6
22.0
20.9
20.6
17.5
—~
18.2
—
21.7
20.3
19.5
21.4
22.1
—
_
24.9
—
21.7
21.8
15.2
10.9
11.8
15.1
22.4
23.2
23.9
21.2
—
20.2
—
24.7
23.2
276
20.5
23.1
—
—
24.8
—
22.5
21.0
15.3
11.9
12.3
16.0
22.8
23.2
23.1
20.3
—
20.1
—
2.1
22.6
24.9
24.7
—
27.1
24.4
Wi 8
2
_
—
—_—
25.8
27.3
24.5
24.2
26.9
30.7
28.0
—
36.5
30.9
29.4"
31.2
30.0
34.0
33.6
—
33.4
30.4
27.6
29.5
—
—
—
<5
Eosinophils
(x lO"? )
>5
<5
D5
0.8
0.3
_
—
29
#17
42
5.4
3.0
2.3
2.7
17
19
§=62.0
19
861.6
15
0.9
17
61.6
09
09
LboooLl
10
61.6
2.5
[6
E7
£2
05
0.9
—
—
—
—
14
1.1
07
13
27
1.5
1.20
07
0.1
—
|
3.5
2.3
18
3.4
26
0.5
1+
1.)
8
—
0.3
34
—
25
H7
Yo
6.4
07
—
1.6
1.9
1.3
1.6
18
13
22
22
1.0
08
°O5
O07
—
06
19
—
#16
28
3.3
$5
1.5
247
7.9
7.0
4.0
5.0
—
20
19
14
14
2.3
3.7
1.1
2.0
0.6
290
47
—
15
0.7
1.1
24
—95
4.2
—-—
12.8
2
7.0
6.2
27
47
48
=
66
40
45
6.0