APPENDIX 1
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Rongelap Group and Control Mean Blood Counts by Day and by Age
WBC
(x10)
Neutrophils
(x 10°}
Postexposure day
<5
>5
<3
>5
<5
>3
Male
<10
Male
>10
Female
allages
Total
group
<5
‘>5
<5
>5
3
7
10
12
15
18
22
90
4.9
6.6
59
59
6.7
7.0
82
6.2
7.1
63
65
7.2
74
64
3.5
33
3.2
34
43
47
—4.5
3.9
4.1
47
5.0
18
-_2.6
21
2.4
2.4
26
2.2
—
2.1
17
1.9
2.)
2.1
—
—
28.2
—
27.1
21.8
16.8
—
—
22.7
_
21.3
19.1
14.6
—
_
24.9
—
21.7
21.8
15,2
—
—
24.8
—
22.5
21.0
15.3
08
29
4.2
3.0
2.7
19
0.3
—
1.7
5.4
2.3
17
2.0
0.1
16
19
1.1
3.5
2.3
0.7
—
16
619
1.3
1.6
18
30
33
39
43
76
65
5.7
52
78
62
55
52
40
3.1
3.0
20
53
3.8
3.3
26
3.2
3.2
26
2.9
21
20
2.0
2.3
14.1
17.9
25.5
26.8
12.3
16.6
22.0
20.9
11.8
15.1
22.4
23.2
12.3
16.0
22.8
23.2
15
1.7
09
Ll
0.9
61.6
0.9
ool
3.4
2.6
05
14
2.2
2.2
1.0
08
67
70
7.7
7.6
56
60
60
65
26
3.5
3.9
38
3.5
3.5
3.6
40
3.4
3.7
3.7
3.30
2.1
2.4
2.3
2.2
22.1
—_
23.1
—
17.5
—_—
18.2
—
21.2
—
20.2
—
20.3
—
20.1
—_
2.5
170
05
-
1.6
61.2
0.9
—
08
0.3
3.4
07
—
0.6
1.9
46
4.7
59
41
3.3
69
—
4B
5.4
_
70
40
40
6.2
4.2
48
4.8
3.7
3.4
48
35
48
5.2
—
44
3.4
3.
5.2
20.3
19.5
21.4
22.1
27.1
24.4
_
29.8
27.3
24.5
24.2
26.9
30.7
28.0
23.2
27.6
29.5
28.1
30.8
27.6
—
36.5
30.9
29.4*
31.2
30.0
34.0
33.6
|a
0.7
1.3
2.7
1.5
1.2
07
150
Ld
27
62.0
—
0.6
2.0
2.0
19
47?
—
—
14
15
14
0.7
23
Ll
3.7
24
2.9
6.7
96
6.4
79°
7.0
—
9.5
4.2
_
12.8
6.2
7.0
6.2
26
47
51
56
63
70
74
6-mo survey
l-yr survey
2-yr survey
3-vr survey
4.yr survey
3-yr survey
6-vr survey
Majurocontrols
Rita controls, 6 mo
Rita controls, | yr
Rita controls, 2 yr
Rongelap controls, 3 yr
Rongelap controls, 4 yr
Rongelap controls, 5 yr
5.7
5.9
—-
6.1
58
—
85 66
10.1 8.1
41.8 8.6
8.6 69
89 75
13.5 95
— 65
13.2 9.7
10.7 76
_—
=
140 89
98 69
11.2 80
13.7 10.4
3.0
26
—
3.9
3.3
—
Lymphocytes
(10°)
2.3
3.1
—
3.6
46
470°
3.7
46
6.0
—
7.4
4.7
_—
5.6
47
6.2
6.2
1.8
24
—
2.2
2.8
31
2.7
3.6
4.0
27
4.1
3.7
—
3.6
29
3.7
4.1
*Excluding pregnancy.
61
Platelets
(x 10°*)
13.2
24.6
26.2
24.4
26.6
30.0
32.0
32.5
32.3
—
41.2
35.0
37.5
35.5
32.6
38.8
35.8
12.9
20.6
21.7
10.9
Monocytes
(x10°)
11.9
23.9
23.1
24.7
24.1
22.6
24.9
24.7
—
—
—
—
33.4
30.4
27.6
29.5
—
—
—
19
1000
—
1.6
1.0
—
Eosinophils
(x10°)
18
li
—
13
O05
_
1.6
28
3
4.5
40
5.0
27
47
438
—
6.6
4.0
45
6.0