45 Table 25 Analysia ofCoconut Crabs for Se** and Ca'?” o/gCa Per kg Gy" acl Tame 4.12 12.0 weg 3.18 2 > Cal, pC 2,679 4,400 Exoskelcton 172,02 Muncie (edible) 5,757 Remaining sft pare (5,631 Cag 6.88 Se", pC 999 Ca,pC 608 Cag 1.56 Set, pC/g Ca 639 94,074 4,994 4,470 198.39 6.57 6.56 68,285 1,708 516 37,299 1,482 410 78.53 1.95 0.60 369 876 858 Total crab 70,708 39,292 81.71 71,508 39,739 82.64 365 Liver Exoskeletan Muacle (edible) 4,428 123,318 3,980 2,287 95,724 5,757 5.60 197.75 5.50 571 45,2867 937 25 35,154 1,355 0.75 72.62 1.30 764 623 723 Total crab 57,766 45,318 91.94 47,292 37,101 75.27 628 8,650 146,956 5,431 143,758 10.21 187,90 335 30,817 §02 30,146 0.48 39.40 847 782 Muscle (exible) 6,010 12,716 6,475 6,23 7.74 978 2,068 316 0.30 G92 Total crab 64,347 66,234 83.09 32,341 33,033 41.44 780 Remaining soft pare 3 8 Liver Se*,pC Laver Exoskeieton Remaining soft pars 5,711 3,414 4,316 6.92 497 2il 297 0.60 1.26 825 716 Ws & w-waw wee 2.97 2.96 3.62 od t 3.06 ~~ Le oe) Crab No. 6.90 Total Summarizing Discussion MORTALITY There were 10 deaths in the exposed population ve 2 over the 10-year period. Of these, two deaths were 0.15 1.49 3.34 2.41 : 1.25 > 1.37 1.17 1.36 =n he ‘ee 135i 3.69 1.45 Medical evaluation of the health status of the exposed Rongelap people over the years since the accident has revealed about the same incidence of illness and disease as in the unexposed population with the exceptions noted below. General health and nutrition has continued to be satisfactory and comparable to that of the unexposed comparison population. Annual hematological follow-up studies have revealed that the levels of white cells and platelets of the peripheral blood in the exposed group have never quite reached the levels of the unexposed comparison population. This was again demonstrated in the 9 and [0-year surveys and can be readily seen in the accumuiative detnbution curves (Figures 23 and 35). Bone marrow examinations oia few individual at 9 and 10 years post exposure showed a reduced myeloid-erythroid ratio with slight increase of immature red and white cells in some cases. There has been noindication that these findings have impaired the genera) health or response to disease in the exposed people. due to malignancies. Neither of these could be ascribed reasonably to radiation exposure. The somewhathigher death rate in the exposed group is partly offset by the higher proportion of older people, those >65 years of age being 20% in the exposed group and only 7% in the unexposed group. This mortality rate is also higher - an in the Marshallese as a whole, but not significantly so. Evaluation ofeffects of exposure on longevity in this group must await furure findings. AGING No specific aging studies were carried out during the past two surveys, but attempts were made during several previous surveys to put on a quantitauve basis various cntena of aging (skin elastic- ity, skin looseness, hand strength, blood pressure, artericeclerosis, accommodation and arcus senilis of the eyes, greyness of hair, degree of baldness, etc.). No detectable radiation-induced aging effects have been noted. Aging scores evaluated at 6