LEUKOCYTES AND NEUTROPHILS x 10 -4 os wi ~ A HEMATOLOGICAL FINDINGS PERCENT OIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXPOSED “ J\; a ANO UNEXPOSED Pe LEUKOCYTES ow VAC - a ey i ‘YY 4- « « we ~ ‘é yl = . * © ‘. e« oof + — NEUTROPHILS 5 5+ 4 ~ : SF Or » w 15 Zz 20h - 2- _ Qo — 4any oO 8@ 24 40 DAYS Ssé72 6 i: 234 MO TIME AFTER EXPOSURE 56 YEARS ? Oo a 5 NEUTROPHILS x 1073 od 3 OF 4 1 lL 20 30 . 1 + 60 L 70 T 22f 7 io 4 8&0 e Or | “ est . . J 4 a e NEXP.SED UNE $ 1 = => 2 J z | 2.04 s iQ f 20 30 40 50 60 AGE (YEARS) 70 8 Figure 37. Neutrophil counts of exposed Rongelap fe- males plotted against age. Solid line represents meanlevel of unexposed female population. | pot ! LU ‘Pe ai r | 4 t 4 16-40 AGE GROUP (YEARS) Figure 35. Sex and age distribution of percent difference of peripheral blood elements in exposed compared with unexposed groups. 80 a = I 4 4 T FEMALES | , —] ° 40 50 AGE (YRS) —— pot 4 f + F158 , ! PERCENT r | : | CUMULATIVE rc— cr 25+ Figure 36. Neutrophil counts of exposed Rongelap males plotted against age. Solid line represents mean level of unexposed male population. | . | 38h 10 P 20h 4 * NEUTROPHILS LYMPHOCYTES PLATELETS HEMATOCRIT Sry J . a N . e e = 1 Op a | ; N= L = P = HCT= aa cr u ; & 10h MALES UNEXPOSED t4 i 4 f 1St 6 2}- 46+ Pp p z 5h FEMALES . ' fe I | 2.2F * J EN 1 3 30h IC e Py a0 ct 3 > oes ww 25r Figure 34. Mean neutrophil and white blood counts of exposed Rongelap people from timeof exposure through 7 vears post exposure. Stars represent mean values of comparison population. 54} SEX 1p 6- ® BY AGE GROUP AND I5- MALES , t | o EXPOSED MALES 7-15 & >40 | e UNEXPOSED MALES 7-15 &>40 | 1 | | 80 4 | 60 | 4 40 20 | 0 Lt t 6 ; 28 + 40 52 NEUTROPHILS x 1073 tb 64 | L i 76130 190 oe 250 _t 310 i 370 PLATELETS x io’> |4 |! __3 430 Figure 38. Neutrophil and platelet cumulative percent distribution curves for exposed males < 15 and >>40 years of age compared with unexposed males of the same age groups.