RMI Nuclear Justice Documents

APPENDIX 1

Rongelap Group and Control Mean Blood Counts by Day and by Age
WBC

(x108)
Postexposure day

(X10)

Lymphocytes

-—)

(x10?)

35

<5

DS

Male
<!0

Male
>10

Female
allages

Total
group

90 82
49 62
66 7.1
59 63
59 65
6.7 7.2
70 74
5.7 6.1
76 78
6.5 6.2
57 55
5.2 52
3.9 3.8
67 56
7.0 6.0
7.7 60
76°65
-_—
85 66
10.1 81
118 86
8.6 6.9
8.9 7.5
13.5 95
— 65
13.2 97
10.7 7.6
-—140 89
98 69
11.2 80
13.7 101

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_3.5
3.5
3.2
3:
#43
3.0
40
3.1
3.0
2.0
2.6
2.6
3.5
39
38
46
4.7
59
4.1
3.3.
69
—
48
54
7.0
40
40
62

47
—
4.5
39
41
47
5.0
3.9
53
3.8
33
2.6
3.3
3.5
3.5
3.6
4.0
—
4.2
48
48
37
3.4
48
35
48
52
—
4.4
3.4
3.6
5.2

1.8
2.2
_—
2.6
21
21
17
24
19
24
2.1
2.6
2.1
2.3
18
3.2
2.1
3.2
2.0
2.6
2.0
29
2.3
3.1
2.4
34
2.1
3.7
24
3.7
23
3.3
2.2
a
3.6
2,2
46
28
4.7
3.1
3.7
2.7
46
3.6
6.0
4.0
—
27
74°
41
4.7
3.7
—
—
5.6
3.6
4.7
239
6.2
3.7
6.2
4.1

—
—
28.2
_
27.1
21.8
16.8
13.2
14.1
17.9
25.5
26.8
24.6
22.1
—_
23.1
—
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

—
—
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
27.1
24.4
—
25.8
27.3
24.5
24.2
26.9
30.7
28.0

~
—
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
27.6
25.5
28.1
30.8
27.6
oe
36.5
30.9
29.4*
31.2
30.0
34.0
33.6

a
—
24.8
—
22.5
21.0
15.3
11.9
12.3
16.0
22.8
23.2
23.1
20.3
—
20.1
—
24.1
22.6
24.9
24.7
—
—
—
—
33.4
30.4
27.6
29.5
_
—
—

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ny

Monocytes

(x 10")

<3

*Excluding pregnancy.

cyl
con

Platelets

(x 10°)

>I

<5

3
7
10
12
15
18
22
26
30
33
39
43
47
5k
56
63
70
74
6-mo survey
1-yr survey
2-yr survey
3-yr survey
4-yr survey
5-yr survey
6-yr survey
Majuro controls
Rita controls, 6 mo
Rita controls, 1 yr
Rita controls, 2 yr
Rongelapcontrols, 3 yr
Rongelap controls, 4 yr
Rongelap controls, 3 yr

Neutrophils

<5

Eosinophils

(x10)

>5

<5

D5

08
0.3
—
29
1.7
4.2
5.4
3.0
2.3
2.7
1.7
19
2.0
19
1.6
15
0.9
1.7
1.6
09
09
Elooodl
10
1.0
2.9
1.6
1.7
1.2
05
0.9
_
=
_=
14
1.1
0.7
1.3
2.7
£5
12
0.7
15
11
27
©62.0
—
06
2.0
2.0
19
17
—=—
14
1.5
14
0.7
2.3
Ll
3.7
2.4

0.1
-_16
19
Lt
3.5
2.3
18
3.4
26
05
14
Li
0.8
_
0.3
3.4
—2.5
6.7
96
64
7.9
7.0
—
95
42
—
12.8
6.2
7.0
6.2

0.7
=
1.46
19
13
1.6
18
13
2.2
2.2
1.0
08
05
0.7
—
0.6
19
—
1.6
28
33
45
4.0
5.0
27
4.7
48
—_
6.6
4.0
45
6.0