Three deaths occurred in the unexposed group: No. 893, a 61 year old woman died of acute cellulitis of the neck and face complicating diabetes; No. 894, a 68 year old woman died of pneumonia complicating Asiatic influenza; No, 862, a 9l year old male died presumably of cardiovascular disease. quite senile and bed-ridden for the past few years. 11 deaths have occurred in the exposed group, He was During the past 11 years, This represents 12,2 deaths per 1,000 compared with 8,3 per 1,000 for the Marshall Islands as a whole in 1960, This slightly greater mortality in the exposed Rongelap people may be related to the larger percentage of older people in the group. have appeared in the exposed population, No cases of leukemia Two earlier deaths from cancer in exposed women and the recent development of a malignant thyroid nodule, to be described below, makes it necessary to keep in mind the possible causal relationship with radiation exposure, Births, Miscarriages, Stillbirths, and Neonatal Deaths. Seven healthy babies were born to exposed parents and six to unexposed parents during the past year. The birth rate in the exposed group parallels fairly closely that in the unexposed group. unexposed women, Three miscarriages occurred during the past year in No miscarriages occurred in exposed women, Two unexposed women had abnormal babies, one a hydrocephalic and one a mongoloid, Adult Examinations As noted in previous surveys the variety and distribution of physical abnormalities (with the exception of thyroid nodules to be described below) did not appear to be significantly different in the exposed people as compared with the unexposed population, The varying incidence from year to year of such findings as cervicitis, prostatic hypertrophy, and arteriosclerosis probably to some extent reflects differences in clinical criteria of judgment among soo ut 1