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Table 4
Present KnownLocation of Rongelap and Utirik People Under Study
Rongelap and
Ailingnae exposed
Rongelap unexposed
Utirik exposed
Adults
(age >19)
Children
(age 12-19)
Children
of exposed
parent(s)
7
20
4
11
5
21
12
35
12
41
9
15
9
8
58
131
0
3
0
1
0
0
0
11
0
8
56
5
26
5
82
33
136
85
48
Mayjuro
Ebeye
Rongelap
Utirik
Otheratolls
Total
22
5
52
Adults
(age >19)
Children
(age <19)
Adults
(age >19)
34
21*
37
60
115
75
Children
(age 12-19)
0
Total
0
193
317
“Two of the 23 children moved up to the adult group.
Tabie 5
Percent Distribution by Age and Sex of Rongelap Populations Under Study. 1966
Rongelap and Ailingnae exposed
Males
Age group
> 12-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
> 70
Females
Males
No.
%
No.
%
15
3
5
4
5
2
20.6
4.1
6.8
3.5
6.8
2.7
14
9
4
6
1
3
19.2
12.3
5.5
8.2
1.4
4.1
35
47.9
38
52.1
1
Total
.
Unexposed
1.4
|
No.
1.4
%
No.
%
20
13
16
12
7
10
12.5
8.1
10.0
7.5
4.4
6.3
24
12
15
8
9
5
15.0
7.5
9.4
5.0
5.6
3.1
83
51.9
77
48.1
5
‘Children of exposed parent(s)
<12
*Pp
28
21.1*
:
tan:
ercent in
total population:
32
28x 100
—_—
354387 20032
24.1*
2.5
61
23.1*
43
16.3*
28
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 hadarterioeames!
4
—~
133 > 100= 21.1; etc.
1965 and 5 in the summer of 1966. These cases
will be discussed in detail below.
_
3.1
Children of unexposed parents
and later surgery in Boston: 3 in the summerof
5008246
.
Females
sclerotic heart disease, asthma, and marked pe-
ripheralsclerosis 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