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against age. Solid line represents mean level of unexposed
female population, 1964.
Ailingnae Population. The 16 people in the
Ailingnae population that were examined during
these two years showed blood countssimilar to
those of the higher dose Rongelap group. The 10year platelet counts in the Ailingnae women were
considerably higher than the previous counts; the
reason for this is not apparent. The blood data on
this group of people are summarized in Tables 18
and 19 and Appendix 2.
Utirik Population. The people of Utirik Atoll
who had been exposed to a very low dose ofradiation (an estimated 14 rads of whole-body gamma
radiation) had leukocyte, neutrophil, and lymphocyte counts of about the same levels as seen in the
unexposed comparison population of Rongelap
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age. Solid line represents mean level of unexposed female
population, 1963.
wasof interest that the platelet counts for all age
groups averaged considerably higher in the Utirik
people than in the Rongelap unexposed population.
The explanationforthis is not apparent. The erythrocytes, hemoglobin, and hematocrit levels were —
aboutthe sameas in the unexposed Rongelap people.
Children of Exposed Parents.
Blood counts of
children of exposed parents compared with those
of the children of parents in the comparison population showed nosignificant differences. These
data are tabulated in Tables 18 and 19 and Appendices 4 and 5. During the 7th and 8th-year
surveys these children had shownslightly lower
levels of leukocytes and platelets compared with
children of unexposed parents. This differenceis
not apparentat this time.