Table
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Population Breakdown by Age and Geographical Living Patterns
(Ref. 6)
Infants and
small children
Children and
adolescents
Age Bracket (years)
0-4
5-19
Fraction of population (4%)
16
Inside Home
Within
Men
Women
20+
20+
Al
22
21
50
30
30
30
15
10
5
10
Elsewhere in village
5
10
5
10
Beach
5
5
5
5
Interior of island
5
15
20
15
Lagoon
0
10
10
5
20
20
25
25
Fraction of time spent in
respective areas (%):
10 m of home
Other Islands
Table 17
Assumed Exposure Rate for
Each Living Pattern*
Pattern
‘Rongelap Atoll
wR/hr
Inside home
7.3
Within 10 m of home
7.3
Elsewhere in village
7.3
Beach
7.3
Interior Island
7.3
Lagoon**
3.7
Orher Islands***
24.9
Values listed are mean exposure rates.
ated
Lagoon value is assumed to be the same as regional background at uncontaminated
atolls,
Values used for other islands assumed equal distribution of time spent on
other islands within the atoll.
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