+ + . tale ta CSE ANE W. H. ADAMS: LATE MEDICAL CONSEQUENCESOF EXPOSURE TO RADIOACTIVE ‘OSURE TO RADIOACTIVE Table 2 Summary of Positive Serologic Tests for Hepatitis B Surface Antigen (HBsAg), Antibody to Surface Antigen and Antibody to Core Antigen Among 314 Marshallese NUMBER TESTED Comparison 7.8142.49 (100) Male Female 134 180 123 165° (91.8)* (91.7) 20 16 (14.9) (8.9) Combined 314 288 (91.7) 36 (11.5) 46 43 (93.5) 3 (6.5) 175 93 158 87 (90.3) (93.3) 20 13 (11.4) (14.0) 100 74 89 68 (89.0) (91.9) 10 4 (10.0) (5.4) By age (yr) 8.4842.56 <29 (172) 8.49+2.36 29-49 >49 (172) HBSAG POSITIVE By sex 4.0% 8.14+1.95 Utirik ONE OR MORE POSITIVE TESTS Byatoll of residence** Kwajalein Majuro Rongelap 61 58 (95.1) 3 (8.5) 76 70 (92.1) 19 (25.0) 61 50 (82.0) 2 (3.3) 112 103 (92.0) 21 (18.8) 95 86 (90.5) 10 (10.5) _ 69 63 (91.3) 6 (8.7) Comparison Majuro 61 58 (95.1) 4 (6.6) (86) Rongelap 44 42 (95.5) 3 (6.8) 2 Utirik 76 70 (92.1) 19 (25.0) >19 YR 6.824+3,88 (22) Utirik By radiation exposure group 8.36+1.82 Rongelap exposed (33) Utirik exposed 8.15+2.26 Ronglap comparison (40) Byatoll of residence, excluding Rongelap exposed Ebeye 2.3 OO * Percent of the total population tested is shown in parentheses. ** Three persons resided outsidethe atolls listed. 279 S0PZoa0