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. er» 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