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Table 4
Present Knowa Location of Rongelap and Utirik People Under Study
Rongelap and
Ailingnae exposed
Adults
(age >19)
Children
(age 12-19)
Ebeye
Rongelap
Uurik
Otheratolls
Total
of exposed
parent(s)
Adults
(age >19)
Chiidren
(age C19)
38
15!
75
0
8
0
56
5
0
26
5
193
82
33
136
85
48
517
20
+1
52
21°
60
bi5
37
0
Ik
Total
8
35
34
0
0
Children
(age 12-19)
9
21
5
0
\
Adults
(age > 19)
9
Lt
22
0
3
Uurik exposed
12
12
5
4
7
Majuro
Rongelap unexposed
Children
15
*Twoof the 23 children moved up to the adult group.
Table 5
Percent Distribution by Age and Sex of Rongelap Populations Under Study. 1966
Rongelap and Ailingnae exposed
Males
Age group
Unexposed
Females
Males
Females
No.
Fo
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
> 12-20
15
20.6
14
19.2
20
12.5
24
15.0
41-50
4
5.5
6
8.2
12
7.5
8
5.0
21-30
31-40
3
9
51-60
61-70
> 70
Total
4.1
6.8
3
2
l
6.8
2.7
1.4
35
47.9
y
4
l
3
1
38
12.3
3.5
13
16
1.4
4.1
1.4
52.1
7
10
3
4.4
6.3
3.1
83
51.9
Children of exposed parent(s)
<12
28
2ht
Percent in total population:
32
28x 100
8.1
10.0
12
15
7.5
9.4
9
5
4
77
5.6
3.1
2.5
48.1
Children of unexposed parents
24.1°
28
384 = 133
and later surgery in Boston: 3 in the summer of
1965 and 5 in the summerof 1966. These cases
will be discussed in detail below.
Deaths
Table 6 lists the times and causes of death in
both exposed and comparison populations. The
deaths subsequent to the 1964 survey were as
follows.
A 77-year-old woman in the Ailingnae group
(No. 43) died of pneumonia. She had hadarterio-
6i
23.1°
43
16.3°
« 100= 31.1; etc.
sclerotic heart disease, asthma, and marked pe-
ripheral sclerosis with occlusion ofthe right radial
artery, and was quite senile. A 79-year-old exposed womanin the Ailingnae group (No. 28) died
in December 1965 of cardiac decompensation. She
had developed ankle edema, dyspnea, cough, and
anorexia prior to death. A 77-year-old exposed
man, also in the Ailingnae group (No. 29), died in
February 1966, probably of asthma.
In the comparison population, a 61-year-old
woman (No. 893) died of acute cellulitis of the