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Table 2
Percent Distribution of Population by Age Groups
Age, yr
Rongelap control
(206 people, 1959)
Rongelap exposed
(102 peopie, 1959)
<15
45.6%
49.0%
33.8%
25.1%
25-44
45-64
>65
23.8
15.0
4.4
20.6
10.8
6.9
25.9
13.5
5.9
30.1
19.8
6.8
Median age, yr
19.0
16.2
23.6
29.0
15-24
11.2
12.7
Marshall [stands
(1948-50)
18.9
US.
(1940)
18.2
on the exposed population only. The histories were
Results and Discussion -
examinations, suchas slit-lamp studies of the lens
The results of the 5- and 6-year post-exposure
surveys will generally be reported together.
taken by one of the Marshallese doctors. Complete physical examinations were done, but special
and anthropometric measurementson the chil-
(Coulter), differential smears, smears for alkaline
phosphatasestaining, and basophil counts. About
thirty 24-hr urine samples were collected from
exposed and unexposed people for radiochemical
analysis to determine body burdensof Sr®°.
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INTERVAL MEDICAL HISTORY
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dren (except for height and weight), were -not
made. One hematological examination wascarried out on the exposed population which included WBC by electronic counting technique
The census of Rongelap as of 1959 was 308
people, of whom 82 had been exposed, 20 were
children born of the exposed, and 206 were unex-
posed. A census was not taken in 1960, but the
numberof people appeared to be about the same.
Table 2 shows the percentage distribution in the
population for the Rongelap exposed and unex-