Table 7
Births and Fetal Deaths® by Year
Children
Year
Womenaged 15-45
Total pregnancies
1954¢
1955
19
20
1
6
1957
1958
1959
2
22
22
5
14
6
Live births
M
F
% Pregnancies
Miscarriages
terminating
in miscarriage
Exposed?
1956
1960
1961
1962
20
0
3
6
4
24
10
9
24
4
23
2
8
5
7
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
‘27
26
30
30
30
33
8
6
6
10
9
14
1956
1957
29
30
9
11
0°
4
0
2
4
2
5
0
1
1
1
100
17
0
4
3
3
6
1
60
43
17
4
4
2
1
6
2
4
1
7
6
6
10
8
124
3
1
3
7
3
10
6
4
44
1
3
33
10
0
4
5
3
3
5
2
l
1.
0
0
0
1
3
29
1
5
2
2
22
18
1
14
12
0
0
0
11
21
Unexposed
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
30
29
29
29
30
32
32
32
1967
38
1966
1968
32
46
9
10
10
10
6
6
13
10
8
9
8
10
5
5
11
8
5
4
5
9
4
2
8
6
3
5
3
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
2
0
1
1
2
2
9
8
4
4
1d
7
14
aIncludes stillbirths and neonatal deaths.
‘Includes nonexposed females married to exposed males.
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7
9
The occurrence of 4 miscarriages orstillbirths in
each of the two groups also conforms with the
incidence in recent years, the exposed women
showing no greater incidence than the unexposed
women.
Utirik
Vital statistics over the 3-year period for the
population at Utirik were not reliable since the
Health Aide hadleft the island the previous year
and taken the records. Apparently no unusual
epidemics occurred amongtheisland people, and
they escaped the Hong Kongflu. Atleast 6 deaths
occurred during the past 3 years, but the causes
could not be definitely ascertained. Of the original
157 people on Utirik at the time of exposure,
6
13
4
9
2
4
1
11
10
20
0
17
17
15
20
It
7
¢Includes only children conceived after March 1, 1954.
{Includes twins.
127 are nowliving. In addition some 100 Utirik
people live on the island who were not exposed to
fallout but moved back later. Quite a few Utirik
people now live on Ebeye and Majuro(see Table
3). Seven births were reported for the 3 years but
probably more had occurred. The general health
status of the Utirik people and the sanitary conditions of the island appeared to be about the same
as 3 years before.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS - CHILDREN
Pediatric examinations were conducted on the
Marshallese subjects under the chronological age
of 20 years with the exception of adolescentgirls
who were pregnant or who had had babies. The