APPENDIX |
~ Rongelap Group and Control Mean Blood Counts at Various Times After Exposure
Postexposure day _
3
7
10
12
15
18
22
26
30
33
39
43
47
51
36
63
70
74
6-mo survey
l-vr survey
2-vr survey
3-vr survey
4-vr survey
3-vr survey
-
:
6-vr survey
7-vP survey
Mayuro controls
Rita controls, 6 mo
Rita controls, | vr
Rita controls, 2 vr
Rongelap controls, 3 yr
Rongelap controls, 4 vr
Rongelap controls, 9 vr
Rongelap controls, 7 yr
WBC
(x 10%)
Neutrophils
(x1lO-°)
<5
>5
<5
9.0
49°
6.6
5.9
5.9
6.7
7.0
5.7
76
65
5.7
5.2
5.9
67
7.0
7.7
7.6
—8.5
10.1
11.8
86
8.9
82
62
7.1
6.3
6.5
7.2
74
6.1
78
62
3.5
3.2
58
356
6.0
60
6.3
—
6.6
8.1
B86
69
7.3
135
95
—
65
—
74
13.2 47
10.7 7.6
—14.0 8.9
98 69
11.2 80
13.7 10.1
—
78
Lymphocytes
(x10°°)
Platelets
(«1078
Monocytes
(x lO?)
Eosinophils
(«K10°)
Male
Male
Female
Total
5
<10
>10
allages
group
64
4.7
—
—
3.5
4.5
3.5
3.9
3.2
4.1
34
47
#43
3.0
3.0
3.9
40
33
3.1
3.8
3.0
3.3
20
2.6
26
3.3
26
35
3.5
3.3
39
36
3.8
4.0
—
—
46° 4.2
4.7
48
3.9
4.8
4.1
37
3.3
3.4
18
2.2
—
_—
2.6
2.1
21°17
2.4
19
2.4
21
2.6
2.1
2.3
1.8
3.2
2.1
3.2
2.0
2.6
2.0
29
2.3
3.1
2.4
3.4
2.1
3.7
24
3.7
23
3.3
22
_
—
3.6
22
+6
28
4.7
34
3.7
27
46
3.6
—
—
28.2
—
27.1
21.8
16.8
13.2
t4.1
17.9
25.5
26.8
24.6
22.1
—
23.1
—
26.2
24.4
26.6
30.0
32.0
32.3
—
—
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
2t.4
22.1
27.1
—
—
24.9
—
24.7
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
23.5
28.1
30.8
—
—
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
247
—
—
08
0.3
—
—
2.9
1.7
42
5.4
3.0
2.3
2.7
4.7
19
2.0
19
«1.6
15
09
17
61.6
09
0.9
lio
Ll
100
061.0
2.5
1.6
1.7006
(1.2
05
O09
—
—
_
—
14
1.1
0.7
13
24
1.3
12
07
15006
0.1
0.7
—
1.6
16
19°
#19
1.)
43
3.35
1.6
2.3
18
18
13
3.4
22
2.6 2.2
05
10
L+ 0.8
a es)
08 O07
—
—
0.3 0.6
3.4
19
—_
75°
bb
6.7
28
96
3.5
b4
45
7.9
40
—
—
46
3.4
—
7.0
40
40
6.20
3.5
39
4.8
3.2
—
4.4
34
3.6
3.2
—
25
—
29
FA
4G
4.70037
oe
—
5.6
3.6
47
29
6.2
37
6.2
4.1
—
—
41.2
33.0
37.5
33.3
32.6
38.8
33.8
~
Jlb*
20g
273
245
34,2
26.9
30.7
28.0
—
27 3
36.5
30.9
29.4*
31.2
30.0
34.0
33.6
—
—
33.4
30.4
276
29.5
—
—
—
—
Ob
—
1.0
20
2.0
19
17
—
—
L415
ee
2.3
Wl
37
24
——
Vy
420
—
12.8
6.2
7.0
o.2
—
4.2
28.3*
31.4
—
69
>5
48
<5
6.0
4.0
—
31
*Includes all males >7.
48
32.3
—
244
27.6
—
<5
>5
2700
24
—
1.2
<5
>5
7U
3
—
41
15
38
47
48
—
66
4
45
0.0