Table

16

Population Breakdown by Age and Geographical Living Patterns

(Ref. 6)

Infants and

small children

Children and

adolescents

Men

Women

Age Bracket (years)

0-4

5-19

20+

20+

Fraction of population (%)

16

41

22

21

Inside Home

50

30

30

30

Within 10 m of home

15

10

5

10

10

5

10

5

5

5

15

20

15

0

10

10

5

20

20

25

25

Fraction of time spent in
respective areas (%):

Elsewhere in village
Beach
Interior of island
Lagoon
Other Islands

Table 17
Assumed Exposure Rate for
Each Living Pattern*

Pattern

Rongelap Atoll

BR/hr

Inside home

7.3

Within 10 m of home

7.3

Elsewhere in village

7.3

Beach

7.3

Interior Island

7.3

Lagoon**

3.7

Other Islands***

24.9

“Values listed are mean exposure rates.
Re

Lagoon value is assumed to be the same as regional background at uncontaminated
aegtolls.
Values used for other islands assumed equal distribution of time spent on
other islands within the atoll.

- 19

Select target paragraph3